Animation, Writers & Actors Guilds Hold “Historic” Anti-Generative AI Protest At Annecy: “GenAI Seeks Not To Support Artists, But To Destroy Them”

Animation, Writers & Actors Guilds Hold “Historic” Anti-Generative AI Protest At Annecy: “GenAI Seeks Not To Support Artists, But To Destroy Them”

Representatives of international animation, screenwriters and actors guilds staged a protest at the Annecy Animation Film Festival on Thursday to voice their fears over the implications of generative AI for their professions and human creativity in general. Around 150 people joined them on the stretch of grass known as Le Paquier in front of the […]

Did AI Just Permanently Destroy Writer’s Block?

I just read an article that said AI had already reached a “soft singularity.” The singularity was supposed to be the point when artificial intelligence surpassed human intelligence, triggering rapid, uncontrollable technological growth and change. I guess the soft version of that is just more pettable? I continue to explore AI’s connection to screenwriting tentatively. It would be stupid for me not to. I have to stay up-to-date on this thing. An…

Animation Orgs In "Historic" Motion Over GenAI

Representatives of worldwide animation, screenwriters and actors guilds staged a protest on the Annecy Animation Movie Pageant on Thursday to voice their fears over the implications of generative AI for his or her professions and human creativity on the whole. Round 150 individuals joined them on the stretch of grass referred to as Le Paquier in entrance of the competition’s key hub of the Bonlieu Nationwide Theater, holding guild flags and ba…