Cute video of the day: An American photographer filmed a wolf begging for food from a grizzly. The gray wolf saw the meat and in an instant turned into a playful puppy begging for a piece.
AI has done absolutely nothing to make the lives of just about anyone I know better in any meaningful way, and in fact has mostly made life far more fucking miserable. And yet we're forced to endure insufferable jackasses around every corner forcing it down our throats.
It takes literally seconds for me to storyboard a shot, there is absolutely no reason to need AI built on the stolen work of millions of artists to storyboard your vision, have some damn pride and respect your peers
It's up to us as leaders in the creative industries to push back against GenAI and protect artists' rights and dignity, and the future of the arts. If studios are mandating its use, collectively speak out.
This is existential, we have to fight now before the rot spreads further.
@mexopolis I appreciate the decision. Us artists are in a difficult siege right now and I'd much rather be in that fight together than apart. You're gonna take a few more blows from folks over this but in the long wrong you've made the right call, thank you for listening Jorge.
When I was in middle school this was the standard I was dreaming of when I decided to study Animation, in the midst of a new wave of young directors
Now I’m 27 years old, I have a degree and three years professional experience and nobody will even let me bring them coffee