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AI Disruption Score
⏱ Timeline: 18-24 months
AI tools like Runway, Pika Labs, and emerging animation models are rapidly automating the technical grunt work of animation—tweening, backgrounds, and basic movements. However, the storytelling, character performance, and creative direction that separate good animation from soulless motion graphics remain deeply human territories, creating a split between technical animators (cooked) and creative directors (safer).
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