Did AI just replace Filmmaking?

Is AI helping your creativity or REPLACING your art? Here's my perspective on Generative AI as a VFX artist + supervisor on Hollywood films. I believe we're at a turning point. Generative AI like Midjourney and Sora are starting to create pixel-perfect images and videos, but here's the real question. Is that what your audience wants? If you're an artist, in this video I'll share why I think generative AI is hurting you the most. Today, AI-generated music is flooding YouTube, AI-generated books are flooding Amazon, and now ALL OF US have to decide what our best path forward will be. Should we support real human artists or spend our time and money supporting computer-generated art? If you're a filmmaker, animator, or just love watching movies, let's take a closer look at the future of filmmaking with Generative AI and how you should use it going forward. But what do you think? Leave a comment below on where you think the future is headed and how you want to navigate it :D and subscribe for more filmmaking and behind the scenes in Unreal 5 --- Did you learn something new? Have a tutorial suggestion? Leave a comment and let me know QUICK LINKS Make Your Own Hollywood Films in Unreal 5 - Join our 21 Day Unreal Filmmaking Bootcamp 🚀 http://www.unrealforvfx.com/fundamentals?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=ue101&utm_term=video_20250702_aifilm Unreal to Nuke Masterclass - http://www.unrealforvfx.com/nuke?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=uenuke&utm_term=video_20250702_aifilm FREE Unreal 5 Crash Course - http://www.unrealforvfx.com/crashcourse?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=crashcourse&utm_term=video_20250702_aifilm http://www.joshuatoonen.com http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7930214/ http://www.instagram.com/@joshtoonen http://www.tiktok.com/@JoshToonen http://www.twitter.com/@ToonenJosh https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuatoonen/ Rokoko - Save 5% off your order with coupon code UnrealVFX at checkout https://store.rokoko.com/pages/full-performance-motion-capture-bundle #generativeai #filmmaking #unrealengine #vfx #creativity #aiart #midjourney #artificialintelligence #visualeffects #filmmaker Chapters: 0:00 - The Generative AI problem 0:50 - "AI is a tool" doesn't mean what you think it does 1:17 - Midjourney solved AI generated images - now what? 1:46 - Deepfakes bringing back actors from the dead 2:05 - How AI is creeping into your life without consent 2:45 - AI generated sports - would you watch this? 3:48 - Why make art in the first place 4:42 - Why Generative AI will only hurt you as an artist 7:13 - AI is not enabling creativity it's replacing it 8:17 - The Top-Selling AI-generated meditation books flooding Amazon 9:09 - This is not the same as 2D animation going to 3D 9:33 - Using Generative AI to storyboard films 11:14 - You have a choice to make every single day Will AI destroy Filmmaking + Animation?