Jeffrey Katzenberg: AI Will Take 90% of Artist Jobs on Animated Films In Just Three Years

L4sBot@lemmy.worldmod to Technology@lemmy.world – 179 points –
Jeffrey Katzenberg Says A.I. Will Eliminate 90 Percent of Artist Jobs on Animated Films
indiewire.com

Jeffrey Katzenberg: AI Will Take 90% of Artist Jobs on Animated Films In Just Three Years::Former DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said AI will take 90 percent of the artist jobs on animated movies within three years.

67

You are viewing a single comment

It's just so wonderful that we decided that what we really needed to automate away was the creative work people were doing.

Truly a phenomenal turning point.

I mean, we didn't choose it directly - it just turns out that's what AI seems to be really good at. Companies firing people because it is 'cheaper' this way(despite the fact, that the tech is still not perfect), is another story tho.

Is it what AI is good at, or is it just that the image generation stuff is where the focus has been because it's more accessible to non-tech literate?

Interesting thought, maybe it's a mix of both of those factors? I mean, I remember using AI to work with images a few years back when I was still studying. It was mostly detection and segmentation though. But generation seems like a natural next step.

But definitely improving image generation doesn't suffer a lack of funding and resources nowadays.