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No The Robot

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🎨 Animator, YouTuber, time traveling Bionicle 💼 Past: DreamWorks & Jim Henson Company ⬇️ Support my animations & videos on Patreon! patreon.com/notherobot

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hi Bluesky! I’m No The Robot, a character animator & 3D artist. I love animating #robots, specifically #Bionicle characters. Here’s my demo reel!

I spent a lot of time building my Twitter audience so if you could reshare this & help a brother out, that’d be swell!✌️ #animation #lego #blender #art

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · 4h

I was looking forward to the Xbox Ally but these reviews have me hesitating on getting one, and instead looking at the Steam Deck. However, the button / joystick layout is quite jarring.

Can anyone with a Steam Deck comment on the ergonomics and how comfy this layout is? Am I overthinking this?

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so tired man

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes the same video I post on two different platforms gets COMICALLY different view counts, despite similar analytics.

On YouTube Shorts, the video got 2K views. Awesome! But compare that to TikTok where the same video has 4.2 MILLION views 😮

So post your stuff, you never know what’ll pop off

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking news: the "AI first" company is relying on the hard work of real human artists at Titmouse to give them high quality animation instead of using Generative AI because "AI first" is a meaningless slogan designed solely to get likes on LinkedIn.

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 5d

Duolingo mascot Duo stars in a new anime-inspired YouTube series, 'The Final Test,' produced with Titmouse. The five-part short series debuts on October 13 on YouTube, designed to promote Duolingo’s updated Japanese courses.
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Duolingo Launches Anime-Inspired Series ‘The Final Test’

Duolingo unveils 'The Final Test,' an anime-inspired mini-series starring its owl mascot Duo, expanding its animation and Japanese learning efforts.

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · 9d

Oh totally, they're not suing because they're anti-AI, they're suing because someone else is using their data and THEY want to be the ones to use their data for their own models. But apparently even that's not enough for their models, so we'll see what happens the-decoder.com/even-disney-...

Even Disney reportedly lacks enough data to train a top-tier AI video model

Lionsgate's AI deal with startup Runway is moving slower than expected.

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · 9d

Like I've said before, GenAI will not be stopped by regulation or advocacy - it'll be stopped by copyright infringement. Disney, Universal, & Warner Bros are suing Midjourney, not because of their diffusion model, but bc of their stolen training data.

Best believe that if they win, OpenAI is next.

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 9d

OpenAI is backing off its Sora IP opt-out policy after a wave of backlash, promising new controls and dangling possible revenue sharing.
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OpenAI Retreats From Controversial Sora IP Opt-Out Policy

OpenAI says it will give creators more control over how their characters appear in Sora and plans revenue sharing after backlash to its IP opt-out model.

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Sep 12

'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' pulled in a staggering $10M in Thursday previews.
The film is on pace to break 'Pokémon's' 26-year-old North American opening weekend record and could pass that film as the highest-grossing anime film in NA history.
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Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Opens to $10M Previews

'Infinity Castle' looks a lock to post the largest opening weekend for an anime film in North American history, passing 1999's 'Pokémon: The First Movie.'

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Sep 10

Maybe infinite content was a bad idea.

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'm sorry but the budget for this tech demo STILL being $30M feels like money laundering.

How are you using low-cost services like ChatGPT & Sora to generate all animation & assets, yet your budget is still 4 times more expensive than "Flow" (~$6M)?

Can't wait for Cannes to reject this movie lol

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 8

OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'

• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models

(via WSJ)

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Aug 30

I just know that somewhere there’s a studio executive who has CONVINCED himself that the Gabby’s Dollhouse movie is going to be as successful as KPop Demon Hunters was this past weekend😬

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'd love to make a video about at least the 2nd movie but yeah I'm sure I'll also discuss this one too as part of that video!

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Aug 28

James I need you to know that VFX artists work 12 hour days, pay insanely high premiums for health insurance, and in many cases make less than $20/hr. And it's even less outside the US. How much lower do you think costs can come down?

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Aug 28

“I’d like to see the cost of VFX artists come down.” — ‘Avatar’ director and Stability AI board member James Cameron claims effects workers are too expensive, putting blockbusters and the VFX industry at risk.
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James Cameron Says VFX Costs Threaten Future Of Blockbusters

In a recent interview, Stability AI board member James Cameron warned high budgets threaten theaters, urging cheaper VFX and new tech to cut costs.

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just found out the first Ne Zha movie is FREE on YouTube? With the ORIGINAL MANDARIN DUB?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdg2...

Ne Zha

YouTube video by YouTube Movies

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Aug 25

Oooh I'll check it out

No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Aug 25

I really should watch more anime

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Aug 25

Watch a naked and shredded Santa Claus tear through a dystopian, near-future Japan in the first teaser for Science Saru's 'Sanda,' coming to Prime Video in October.
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Science Saru's 'Sanda' Adaptation Premieres October 2025 On Prime

From 'Beastars' creator Paru Itagaki, the series debuts Oct. 3 in Japan and streams worldwide Oct. 4 on Prime Video, animated by Science SARU.

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Aug 23

Why is there no addon for Firefox that concatenates "-ai" at the end of a Google search URL so it automatically hides AI content? Do I need to make this myself?

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Aug 4

If you told me The Bad Guys earned $22.2M for their 2nd movie, coming in 2nd place at the box office, I wouldn't believe you. And yet...

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Aug 4

'The Bad Guys 2' opened in second place over the weekend with $22.2 million, just shy of the first film’s debut.
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The Bad Guys 2 Opens to $22.2M, Falls Short of Expectations

DreamWorks' 'The Bad Guys 2' debuted at $22.2M domestically, signaling modest momentum but failing to surpass the original's stronger box office launch.

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Aug 4

'The Bad Guys 2' tuned up its hand-drawn flair and embraced classic anime inspirations. “We started watching more anime and brought more people on to throw even crazier anime ideas at us,” says effects supervisor Matt Baer.
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'The Bad Guys 2' Animation, Effects Bosses On Pushing 2D-CG Style

DreamWorks animators reveal how 'The Bad Guys 2' amps up its hybrid style with hand-drawn effects, anime-inspired flair, and ambitious action set pieces.

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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Jul 12

👏👏👏👏👏👏

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Jul 11

A majority of the more than 300 animation workers at WildBrain have voted to ratify their first collective agreement with IATSE Local 938, The Canadian Animation Guild.
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