Arcane AI-Generated Video Condemned as Soulless by Netflix Show Animators

Arcane AI Slop Trailer Slammed As â€~Soulless’ And â€~Disrespectful’

The generated League of Legends characters look the part, but the video is an incoherent mess As the AI slop pushers get more and more bold, we’re seeing not just clear rip-offs of games, movies, and TV shows, but also blatant copyright infringement without even attempts to mask it. Arcane, Netflix and Riot’s acclaimed League of Legends animated series, is the latest victim of this, and one of the animators on the show recently denounced a “soulless and deeply disrespectful†AI mock-up of it. The slop comes from Seedance 2.0, a generative AI video model from Bytedance, better known as the owner of TikTok in China. The generated video shows a fight between Arcane and League of Legends characters Vi, Jinx, Ekko, and Warwick. At a glance, it definitely looks like the show, but when you watch it, something seems off. There’s an odd lack of narrative cohesion, with the video making no attempt to logically string shots together. Jinx walks away near the end to nowhere in particular, Vi straight up disappears after a brief appearance in the opening seconds, and there are several points in the brawl where the action doesn’t feel like it flows into a coherent battle. AI shills are gassing it up as another impressive feat of expensive plagiarism for replicating Riot’s art style, but as an actual piece of animated storytelling, it’s sloppy. Kammelin, who worked on Arcane’s second season and is currently a production manager at Illogic Studios, said that if people want to pay tribute to the show, they should “pick up a pencil or open a 3D software,†rather than relying on generative tools that are scraping from handmade work. While we wait for the AI bubble to burst, generated art is creeping into just about every facet of pop culture. Hell, if you watched the Super Bowl last night, you probably saw several AI-generated ads during the commercial breaks. Big tech’s push to shove AI into every corner of everything you love is affecting more than just art and animation, it’s infected tech, voice acting, music, game development, and much, much more.Â

Arcane studio lead denounces "soulless and deeply disrespectful" AI-generated fanart: "If you truly want to pay homage to the show, don't be afraid to pick up a pencil"

A former Arcane production assistant is fighting back against AI by calling out a fan-made video that rips off the hit Netflix series. "The result feels soulless and deeply disrespectful to our artists who worked incredibly hard on Arcane," said Kammelin on Twitter in response to a new AI-generated video ripped off from Arcane season 2, showing characters Jinx and Ekko fighting Vander. The artist continued: "If you truly want to pay homage to the show, don't be afraid to pick up a pencil or open a 3D software and create something from scratch, even if it isn't professional." Kammelin worked on Arcane season 2 as a production assistant for the studio Fortiche, but now is a production manager at Illogic Studios. The video was created using Seedance 2, described as a "multi-modal AI video creation" tool that combines images, videos, audio, and text to generate cinematic content, as per the official Seedance site. The issue with the tool is that, as Kammelin points out, there is little artistry involved. All one needs to generate a video is an image and audio, which can easily be pulled from existing media, in this case, Arcane. Fans seem to agree with Kammelin, with one replying, "AI art always feels soulless. Art is art because a human made it. It's what makes it a worthwhile experience." Another Twitter user pointed out the inconsistencies in the video, such as shots that don't line up and incoherent dialogue. "As a TikTok fast food - yeah, it's ok, maybe, I guess, but I wouldn't pay for this. Life's too short to waste it on this." Based on the League of Legends video game, Arcane follows two League champions, and sisters, Jinx and Vi, as they are divided by the conflict between Zaun and Piltover. Although the show is praised for its visuals, this isn't the first time Arcane has had a run-in with AI, as just before season 2 dropped on Netflix, the streamer was caught sharing an AI-generated poster. But Riot Games swiftly reposed, adding, "It's disrespectful to the incredible artists who worked on the show."