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When mass media starts covering AI this seriously, it’s time to pay attention.

This 60-minute segment with DeepMind’sDeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis doesn’t just explore technical breakthroughs—it outlines a future where AI systems reason, book tickets, build robots, and learn from the world without explicit programming. That kind of agency has enormous implications for character performance, previs, and worldbuilding in animation.

A few moments that stood out:

• AI agents learn like human beings, not from scripts
• Robots solve tasks through visual reasoning (think: layout tools that understand design logic)
• A future where imagination, intuition, and curiosity might emerge in machines

For animators, this opens both opportunities and challenges. On one hand, we’ll gain tools to block scenes, generate character options, or simulate behavior at scale. On the other, we’ll need to redefine what it means to direct a performance—and possibly what it means to own one.

Animation pipelines could be radically altered if Gemini hits AGI by 2030. But here’s the key: our value won’t be in producing frames faster, but in creative leadership, storytelling, and human nuance. We’re not just moving keyframes—we’re moving people.

Where do you see the line between co-creation and automation?