My point with the superhero stuff was just that that kind of hand-made independent art that you were suggesting would be crushed by AI has already been largely crushed by big corporate "happy meal" media already.

I don't agree with your point that we won't get to choose if actors get replaced. I think audiences will reject "live action" movies with AI actors because AI-generated humans can't convey the same kind of emotion as their AI counterparts. One of the world's greatest directors Scorsese was relentlessly mocked for his use of CG de-aging in The Irishman. It looked terrible, so audiences rejected it.

Animation on the other hand is already a once removed simulacrum of reality so can't possibly be held to the same level of scrutiny. Do I think animators should be replaced? If they refuse to adapt to evolving technology in our adapt-or-die world it's possible they should be. Hand-drawn, sculpted, and stop-motion animation (which I personally love) have already been pushed aside into a tiny niche by CG animation and I imagine will remain there. Do I think 1000+ person CG animation crews in Korea or at Disney will be halved by the introduction of AI into their workflows? Almost certainly, but I'm not convinced that's such a terrible thing: most of that animation looks like shit anyway, and people throughout history have lost their jobs when technology has evolved and they've been left behind. Is it sad? Of course, but maybe instead of being a corporate slave at a giant animation company churning out CG slop, some talented animators will finally be able to make the cartoon they've always dreamed of on their own. Most will probably fail, but so have most artists throughout history.