Smoother animation ≠ Better animation [read pinned comment]

PLEASE READ CORRECTION/PINNED COMMENT Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 1:27 - Laying the Groundwork 4:32 - Timing and Easing 8:27 - Smear Frames But Worse™ 9:16 - Wrong Tool for the Wrong Job 11:46 - Outro Correction: 0:06 This entire video is outdated. I made this video when 'AI' was little more than a buzzword. I tackled interpolated slop from the angle of an animator, because I hadn't seen anyone else speaking constructively about the technology's shortcomings, or correct/incorrect use cases. It was a niche thing that annoyed me. Three years later, AI is a massive cultural issue. It has been created unethically, it is environmentally harmful, and it is replacing talented people with rent to pay. The conversation should no longer be about how AI generated content sucks, because these observations are no longer constructive or helpful. There are philosophical, practical, and moral issues that need to be addressed, and I don't think there's a worse way to look them than through the lens of pretty/ugly. Maybe I'll make a video about this one day, but for now, I chose to focus on what AI generated slop has taught me about the way I view art. For me, art is a means of connecting with and understanding other human beings. By removing the human element from art, it loses all meaning to me. Because it's no longer a given that anything I see was made by a person, I've come to appreciate the real people who make things now more than ever. Hope this made sense. Thanks for reading. HUGE thanks to Doggybag, Dangrips, and Villa for help with the animation. https://twitter.com/itsdoggybag https://twitter.com/dangrips https://twitter.com/hi_blnd Thanks to Shina for the Appeal painting also https://twitter.com/FujiTheApple I'm on Patreon and Twitter also; https://www.patreon.com/LegitNoodle https://twitter.com/NoodleVEVO Animation used (in order of appearance): Tom and Jerry Pixel Art (various) Cat walk (https://www.reddit.com/r/animation/comments/b0nkqs/cat_walk_cycle_done_for_college/) Cowboy Bebop Mulan Persona 4 300FPS Bowser in cat suit Spirit (Roughs by James Baxter) Devilman Crybaby A Cat in Paris Wire by Worthikids Spiderverse DBZ Fighterz ParaNorman Spongebob Daffodil 3 by Smallbu Overwatch Moonlight Fox by Smallbu JoJo Part 5 XCOM 2 Cafouillage by Tom Law PokeAwesome Planet Panic TMNT 'Don VS Ralph' Klaus (Lineart by James Baxter) El Dorado Naruto 1Samurai Jack Season 5 Dead Leaves Keep Your Hands off Eizouken Meet Arnold (Cacani Demo) 'Float' by Pixar Music used (in order of appearance): Les Cafes De Paris - Joe E Lee Apple Kid's Theme - Earthbound Let the Game Begin! - SiIvaGunner Noisy Notebook D - Snipperclips Stage Clear - Wii Play Motion Good Evening Bossa - Riverworn Buy Something, Will Ya!? - Earthbound Stamp Mode - Snipperclips Apotos (Night) - Sonic Unleashed Quilty Court - Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn Just One More Night With You - Thiago 5PM - Animal Crossing New Leaf Trophy Gallery - Super Smash Bros. Brawl All the Patrons who helped fund this video: Goldencub2014 Po Grimbeanie Curtis Gerstner Ferdinand Remenec Best Boy Kevin Dayanara Serges Robert Murray Jawser78 ANTHONY DUARTE Mayo Louden Doney koriio Iain Brown James Queen Michael Incavo Octavian Mr. Monocle Ack mack Anxious Joseph Young Jelisaveta Milivojevic Jay CombatWombat Cas Harper dusk PackWaifu Andrew Nieto Lauren Klingele Connor Travis-Hunter Liam Gary Spinrad Gibsoncook Giovanni Lupo Emil Harmsen Zyroablee SentientTurtle Jamichael Folson Superman J1411 Dutch223 Juan Meave Markettt Mark D Davis Parker Magnus Bjerke Vik Joel Ethan Ty Shetler Nindota Willis Scothorn Shaggy_One Erik Torbarik Matthew Lyn Kyle Julian Van Epps Sam Cotter Big Doofy Yami Shaggy NickFlowers Luke Spicer Jesús Flores AAAAAAAA David Velez MashProTato Dan Zynski SaltTea Geoff Porter Chili Completionist FruitSnackBandit Ameer Flippin Sparkle_Plant Amiel Jason Cummiskey Wilson Bestic Robert Venohawk Mark Christina Morley Devin Strayhorn Kendrick Soto Shin Guardian Doggybag Adult_Cool D