Christopher Nolan’s Carbon Footprint Problem
What is more detrimental: moving data or moving an army?
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What is more detrimental: moving data or moving an army?
Reality Bites
‘Love, Death + Robots’ meets the I-Ching in the feature-length sci-fi anthology; 6 original animated visions of humanity’s future from 6 independent Taiwan animation studios explore fate, identity...
When Artists Become Targets
Rise of the anti-AI mob.
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‘BLISS: Beyond the Edge of Time’ Sets June 30 World Premiere at Taipei Film Festival
‘Love, Death + Robots’ meets the I-Ching in the feature-length sci-fi anthology; 6 original animated visions of humanity’s future from 6 independent Taiwan animation studios explore fate, identity and choice in a future where technology collides with the fragile essence of humanity.
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AI-Native Animation: A New Business Paradigm
AI isn’t just assisting animation production and distribution, it’s redefining it.
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The Animation Value Reset
Reassessing your worth in the age of AI.
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AI-pocalypse Now: The Animation Moat is Vanishing
AI animation is reaching studio quality. A Disney veteran thinks that’s all for the good.
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The Studio of One
How artist-driven AI is rewriting the economics of animation.
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A Creator’s Manifesto
The call to arms in the age of AI.
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Nobody’s Buying, So Stop Begging
The death of the independent animation deal, and what to do about it.
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Hitting One For The Home Team
The Cleveland Institute of Art’s new Interactive Media Lab has Disney DNA.
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Overheard At Annecy
An antidote to the corporate reality distortion fields and humblebrags.
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Imperfect Storm
Creating through chaos.
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Skipping the Shark
Why grassroots animation ecosystems are the way out of ‘no way’
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Progress and the Cycle of Creativity
A gentle reminder to my animation colleagues.
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Ask a Bot About the Biz
My ‘interview with the vampire’ on the uncertainty and upheaval in Hollywood.
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Comets Don’t Care
Attempting to prevent the use of AI in the workplace is a Quixotic effort.
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The Only Time is Real-time
A real-time animation primer for the uninitiated.
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The Impact of AI on Hollywood in 2024: 12 Predictions
The use of AI will provide significant advantages and present serious challenges.
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The Journey of Virtual Humans
A conversation with Asian Virtual Human Association director Christopher Chen.
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Katzenberg Ahoy!
Are you a creator or a cog?
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The Impact of AI on Hollywood
Kevin Geiger discusses disruption and opportunity.
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Ask An AI
ChatGPT’s advice on how to teach and test in the AI era.
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The WGA Buys Time
The short game on AI goes to the Writers Guild of America, but the studios are playing the long game.
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From the Groundhog Up
The making of a labor of love: ‘GRANDPA GROUNDHOG.’
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The End of Content Acquisition
Streamers will soon redirect their AI algorithms from content curation to content creation.
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