A.I. or [Artificial Intelligence] is a form of computer science that include 2 types at this point.

The First type is considered General A.I. whereas a good example is a humanoid machine that can perform or mimic the tasks of a human being in much the wide variety that any normal person can do. As of the year 2024 we do not have any general A.I. on planet Earth.

The second type is called specialized A.I. , in which a computer program is drafted to do a specific task using what the industry calls a neural networking algorithm.

This we actually have.

As far as what a neural networking algorithm is ; think of a spider web, and each intersection represents a sheet or book of computer code, containing information that produces a mathematical result that is connected to more books on this web. The entire web has one purpose, and each book are tiny steps with more then 1000 lines of code to reach the end result of the task this program is suppose to perform.

Lets be honest, at this point in time, in terms of intelligence compared to a human or animal, computers are dumb. I cannot tell you how many times I have yelled at a BSOD or glitching program running on a very expensive machine , and said "Stupid Computer!".

But the controversy in my field remains the same, whether or not to embrace "Generative Art" assisted by Artificial Intelligence.

Computers are a tool , like a complicated pencil or calculator. I remember when Toy Story came out and people were debating about if this medium would replace actors, and in retrospect ; it did not. The Animation and Media industry did change, but the general principals did remain the same, so there was no world ending event with the addition of CG in the media industry (just a LOT more migraines).

As for my use of A.I. or Generative Imaging, as being a tool I mainly see the possibility of more artists in the future using it as a tool to assist them with their work, but not a replacement for it. I believe that good work comes from people, and this is expressed in the final result. If there is no person preceding this work it fails to be believable. After all you can cite the need for prompts in the production of images to state the fact thereof.

But even after experimenting with this medium for a long time and noting it's ability to render video I have noticed one thing that was grilled into my head after attending Fine Art School.

It cannot utilize the twelve principles of Animation.

-Squash and Stretch
-Exaggeration
-Timing
-Overlapping Action
-Secondary Action
-Staging
-Anticipation
-Arcs
-Ease in / out
-Solid Drawing
-Straight Ahead / Pose to Pose
-Appeal

If by accident it attains one of these principals, the program neglects six to eleven others. Furthermore the Specialized A.I. ,at this point (still) cannot render hands, or feet, or fingers. At this point it would be very irresponsible to replace any animator with an A.I. program to say the least. This is not to say I have not tried to see how far I can push this medium. I have experimented with this, and below is a video produced in Stable Diffusion, an Open Source Version of a Generative Art A.I. platform.