We hijacked a panel discussion at Cartoons Underground (Singapore's first indie animation festival) and called it Episode 2. What followed: brutal honesty about burnout, which trends won't age well, and what a tiny animation industry actually needs to survive.

Recorded live with Singapore's animation community—complete with tangents and the occasional "lah."

Brought to you by ROUGE Collective.

AI is suddenly everywhere, and its impact in the animation industry feeds both excitement and fears. In this episode, we discuss current state, practical applications, dispel myths, and dream about the future of animation.

Today, we speak to Ben Zhao, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago and the mind behind Glaze and Nightshade against style mimicry, and Igor Lodeiro, CG Specialist and AI pipeline developer for award-winning feature films across Hollywood and China.