This article offers a critical reinterpretation of recent literature on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), from the fields of computer science, animation, and digital filmmaking, applying a broadly posthumanist theoretical lens with the aim of threading together disparate discourses, engaging both technical and artistic perspectives. We focus on current issues of relevance for digital artists and animators in the interactive arts and filmmaking space, by examining concerns (labour relations, ethics, authorship), as well as commendations (co-creativity, efficiency, expansion).