Wasn't a huge fan of the move to 3D animation but it wasn't all bad. Movies like The Mitchell's VS The Machines and Klaus show that 3D animation can have a ton of soul and style. Think the problem is most corporate studios just failing at making good stories / art most of the time in pursuit of the lowest common denominator.

That said, fuck AI slop. Soulless by definition

Did they move to ai or am I missing something?

IMO everything in the future will be generated. As long as it's "good enough", you can generate pig slop for the masses. 80% of people do not care about quality in what they watch. As long as you can eliminate cost with generated pig slop, megacorporations will do that instead of making a real movie.