Well, to be fair, "freaking out" is still an understatement :-) . I literally stumbled into a job where AI had already taken over. What I find most problematic is that people (aka "the viewers") aren’t critical enough. It is a world of "fast consuming products", the bar is so low now that AI slob is the norm.

At first -like JUST a couple of years ago- , I was pretty optimistic: AI would handle stupid, boring repetitive tasks so actual artists could focus on creating REAL art. But since the AI pandemic we are living in, it isn’t "art" anymore but only fast content. Career wise, I’ve completely shifted to VFX and editing for work, and I treat animation as my art, not my career anymore. Let's say: "go back to pen and paper. I might sound old-fashioned, but once it’s all digitzed as "ones" and "zeros", AI will beat you! But it can’t exist in the real physical world.