Pixar Knows It's Running Out of Ideas, and That's Okay
Hoppers uses mind-transfer technology to let a girl inhabit a robot beaver to save her endangered animal habitat, though the film suggests Pixar may be repeating rather than innovating.
James Cameron says AI actors are horrifying to me'
Generative AI creates averaged, derivative performances and cannot replicate unique human lived experience; motion-capture preserves actor individuality and real-time creative performance.