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Apparently, lazy animators are the real problem today and should be replaced by AI

Question to Mr. Hara: You criticized lazy animators, but what about directors quitting during production?

Mr. Hara agreed that there are some of them. But, when they are on the brink of collapsing because of work, you can’t blame them for quitting. However, for those quitting with the money just for the sake of personal interest, Mr. Hara said that they are scum.

Question to both of them: What do you think about the use of AI in animation production?

Mr. Taguchi answered that he thinks that from now on, we’ll use AI more and more. Chat GPT, the program that impressed everyone, himself included, can be used during the writing process. Maybe it can’t write complete scenarios itself yet, but it can definitely help in developing stories. Mr. Taguchi added that this is just the beginning, and if these technologies improve enough, they could be able to resolve the problem with animators Mr. Hara was referring to.

Mr. Hara jumped in, saying he totally agreed with his colleague. AI could solve the problem of lazy animators by doing their work in their place. Plus, some motivated animators with the will to beat AI may appear. He thinks a time might come when AI, which doesn’t complain, doesn’t get tired and doesn’t sleep, would replace humans… But he said his generation is safe, but maybe Mr. Taguchi should worry. For him, “It’s NOT TODAY, as Maverick said in Top Gun”.

I think it's too early to predict how creative AI will ultimately be. In the short term, instead of completely replacing human input, I think we'll see the rise of "AI whisperers" - i.e. humans using AI tools - to create content.

I don't think we are far away from programs where ordinary joes and janes like you and me will say to it: "Use these images of people I know and some famous people and make me a 90 minute movie set in Venice during the 15th century that's basically a thriller with a strong love story" and the program will whip up something. Whether that something is anything anybody wants to watch is, of course, an open question.