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Ethan DeBoer

@deboer.bsky.social

Director at Rational Animations || Previously on Aqua Teen, Koala Man, Flashgitz || Business inquiries: ethandeboerart@gmail.com || @DeBoer_Art on Twitter

75 Followers  |  192 Following  |  35 Posts  |  Joined: 27.11.2023
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Can AI protect us from AI-powered bioterrorism and cyberwarfare?
YouTube video by Rational Animations Can AI protect us from AI-powered bioterrorism and cyberwarfare?

New video! Here, we present different drivers of catastrophic AI risk besides rogue AIs. From AI-enabled cyberattacks and bio threats to power concentration and failures in critical infrastructure: youtu.be/DWBJjcO69mQ

06.12.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Oh? You’re approaching me, AI-enabled defense? Instead of letting me tear through human infrastructure, you come right to me?"

05.12.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Y’all aren’t ready for Rational’s next video! It’s going to be a wild one

05.12.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the future, AI will power both increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and the tools that defend us from them. Can AI-enabled cyber defense ultimately prevail over AI-enabled cyber offense? Unclear. But in this promotional image for our next video, they make peace. Why? Because love always wins.

04.12.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

08.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 27048    πŸ” 10280    πŸ’¬ 424    πŸ“Œ 184

Koala Man was one of my favorite projects that I got to animate for!

08.07.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
How to Align AI: Put It in a Sandwich
YouTube video by Rational Animations How to Align AI: Put It in a Sandwich

Hey everyone! Here is an animation that I directed and storyboarded for @rationalanimations.bsky.social, a channel dedicated to teaching its viewers about research into artificial intelligence, as well as the steps researchers take to align A.I. with human values youtu.be/5mco9zAamRk?...

06.07.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keith David reacting to the announcement that he will be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

03.07.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5975    πŸ” 1314    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 480
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Punch Punch Forever episode 3 should be coming out on Friday unless both my computers explode and then i am shot!

04.06.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6121    πŸ” 835    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 38

Not to fully defend Harry Potter since the politics of the series aren’t great, but being considered uppity by your piers for having the objectively moral opinion is very true to life. I can’t defend the slaves wanting to be slaves, though

28.05.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I storyboarded and animated a good chunk of this short 😁

15.05.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They need to let Zach Hadel write a Family Guy episode, similar to how they let Dave Willis of Aqua Teen fame write an episode

10.05.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am very excited for this one!

19.04.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s so good. I kept expecting the production of the Kool-Aid movie to come back up as a plotpoint. But I love that they want to tell these satisfying self contained stories

17.04.2025 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No need for right-wing orgs to get paywall money when they get paid to lie

10.04.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woody’s Cheesesteaks is amazing! I’m really glad it’s still open

09.04.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
David Lynch in sunglasses saying "i hope you all are having a lot of fun working on your favorite projects"

David Lynch in sunglasses saying "i hope you all are having a lot of fun working on your favorite projects"

Honor his memory by doing something strange, unraveling a riddle within yourself, and working on your favorite projects.

16.01.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 15210    πŸ” 5747    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 134

Was this in Toon Boom or Flash? I agree sometimes I would rather just draw something new than pose the rig, although sometimes the inverse is true too for me! It really depends on the type of pose/expression

04.04.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you ever worked with 2D rigs before, or just hand-drawn animation? If so, what are your thoughts?

04.04.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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26 years ago today saw the first broadcast of Space Pilot 3000!

#Futurama #OTD #HappyBirthdayFuturama

28.03.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values

26.03.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8232    πŸ” 2718    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 71

Captain Planet has grown up to be the ultimate lumbersexual

26.03.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Calling it now, in a year or two there will be a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror that parodies Severance. Outie Homer will want to get into the Power Plant because he is jealous of Innie Homer getting to eat the donuts during his break

02.03.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Antz, Road to El Dorado, Spirit, Shark Tale, Flushed Away, Wallace and Gromit, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, Over the Hedge (technically a comic strip), Megamind, Trolls, Abominable… probably some I am missing but that’s all I can think of

01.03.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The discourse about the Shrek style change is interesting to me, since when they shifted the art style for Puss in Boots it got very little backlash from what I remember. When you watch The Last Wish and Shrek 2 back to back they both look very different , especially with the eyes and fur

28.02.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's a healthy way of looking at it. It's trying to keep me safe, so I can't be too mad, but I don't want it to overstay its welcome

27.02.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

26.02.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 39026    πŸ” 9469    πŸ’¬ 1135    πŸ“Œ 450

Oh hey, that means I share a birthday with the two of them! Happy birthday Steve Agee!!

26.02.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Old Wolverine fanart.

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