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ekjhgkejhgk ◴[] No.46231491[source]
I remember a time when using computer was not well seen when creating art.

Wasn't it even Tron who didn't qualify for the special effects oscar because they "used computers"?

It's interesting that it's no longer "computer bad", now it's "AI bad".

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philistine ◴[] No.46233099[source]
It's urban myth. Tron was not disqualified because they used computers, it wasn't nominated because it looked terrible.
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1. homarp ◴[] No.46238240[source]
https://web.archive.org/web/20190105145419/https://www.sfgat...

has the director saying it though.

Lisberger recounts. "We did all those effects in about seven months, which included inventing the techniques." "Tron," however, wasn't nominated for a special-effects Oscar. "The Academy thought we cheated by using computers," he scoffs.