The Animation Guild Releases GenAI Research

The Animation Guild’s (TAG) AI Activity Power has launched “Crucial Crossroads: The Influence of Generative AI and the Significance of Defending the Animation Workforce.”

This complete research describes the influence of Generative AI (GenAI) on animation employees and the animation trade. The report, launched yesterday, comes as TAG resumes negotiations with the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP).

The AI Activity Power, composed of rank-and-file Guild members throughout a variety of crafts, met usually for a 12 months inviting diverse consultants and leaders of their respective fields to tell the method.

Right here’s a sampling of the report findings as outlined by TAG:

AI is the highest negotiations precedence for Animation Guild members, underscoring the significance of addressing these points within the Collective Bargaining Settlement.
Addressing the influence of GenAI and guaranteeing the endurance of human-made artwork and labor in animation would require a multi-faceted method that features public coverage, organized labor, public stress, and consciousness campaigns.
Entry-level positions can be most inclined to consolidation or elimination. In consequence, AI methods are prone to disproportionately have an effect on these from much less prosperous backgrounds and underrepresented communities who’ve historically used these roles as a method in the direction of financial mobility.

“This report offers our Negotiations Committee, membership, and the general public with a great tool to know the advanced panorama round Generative AI merchandise and the way they relate to the animation trade and union job safety,” mentioned AI Activity Power member Brandon Jarratt. “My hope is that the report provides animation employees all over the place confidence in TAG’s multi-pronged method to assembly the problem we face.”

“TAG’s AI Activity Power offers The Animation Guild membership and the general public with our greatest understanding of how Generative AI will influence animation labor and what we are able to do about it,” added AI Activity Power member Sam Tung. “Whereas the stakes are excessive, we are able to see sturdy paths ahead for animation employees—we would not have to resign ourselves to a future the place the one job is the mundane checking of AI outputs. GenAI won’t ever be capable of do what we do, and by organizing, we are able to guarantee a future the place our artwork, tales, and work stay stunning, significant, and human.”

The condensed model of the report is accessible to learn here.

Supply: The Animation Guild