about the link specifically... I couldn't identify what was wrong with the original version? Because I can think a lot of famously badly animated scenes, and the only problem I could see with the original scene is that they just stand around talking and doing nothing.

The AI version, while I did identify that a small number of shots were objectively better, I also noticed characters being replaced with a completely different art style and other random changes that imply a different authoral intent.

Also, the commenters in the thread did not seem to agree the new one was better. As tech experiment it's not a bad comparison, but in terms of ways to blow $50, OP wasted their money, when literally anyone could tell you 5 anime scenes they wished were drawn better.

I think slop studios will use this for 90% of animations soon, and higher end studios might use future iteration of this to boost to 60fps and/or reduce the number of keyframes drawn by hand, which could in theory lead to a higher quality output at the same-or-reduced cost (with the same amount of labor, or in less time).

Given by how repulsed animators like Miyazaki was when AI was able to replicate Studio Ghibli's style, there may be some resistances in getting AI implemented into anime shows and movies. CGI already was barely accepted and you'll find watchers who just don't even like CGI being implemented.

I think animators will get screwed, but the corporate structures that own IPs will get even wealthier as they can just hire a very small handful of people to come up with a story and then pump out animations "instantly."

Studios definitely will use AI if it works. Animators are expensive.

check the post here

I can't think of a worse example for the utility of using AI to improve animation than some slice of life bullshit. This just looked like someone wasted their time (or would have, if they were doing actual work) remaking scenes with equivalent quality animation. Honestly idk what's even "famously bad" about the original

I feel like it's a continuation of what we've already seen with digital animation. You can do traditional ink animation, but no one does it any more because digital is so much cheaper.

I don’t think so. I think it will enable more people with good ideas to create stuff.