'backbone of society' lol, I didn't say that at all, I pointed out that one could look at almost any aspect of the anime industry and find that saving money using AI today is going to have negative repercussions tomorrow, even in ways that might not come to mind at first.

Good things are worth the wait.

Heard about the Great Pumpkin and immediately wanted to fight him.

right?? if ever there were a time for anime peeps to be snobs, now is that time!!! 😂

I'm with y'all, it's SHOCKING how awful those robotic performances are.

Understand that corpos really will lower the bar as low as we, consumers, let them. No standards. This was them testing the waters, no doubt.

If we consume slop, that's what they'll give us, so by all means be a picky eater!

It's eerie seeing things we all kinda knew were coming actually come to pass, but I hope this continued discussion encourages people, rather than discourages them.

I'm glad so many are using their voices to condemn AI performances. Even when it's Amazon, you, me, we all have power as consumers.

Rightstuf re-released it on Blu-ray not too long ago...of course, now Righstuf itself is gone.

It'll be ok. You're addressing the issue and being transparent, nobody can ask for more than that.

So glad our entire economy hinges on this.

It's why they're all attracted to AI too, their 'news' literally doesn't have to be real, or from a human being, it literally doesn't matter to these rubes.

They want validation, and they'll take it from anywhere they can get it.

Even, hypothetically, a reality TV failson from New York City.

Oh wow, something about editor appreciation day today??? I didn't even realize!

Many thanks to my many editors for improving my meandering a great many times, y'all know who you are.

It's an uphill battle explaining to elderly parents who remember when the idea of a cell phone was basically wacky sci-fi fantasy why this stuff is bad.

They're like, 'It's the future, I have a computer in my pocket, why wouldn't there be artificial intelligence that can do anything???'😩

Thank you! (El-Hazard, FTW) 🔥🍶🐛