>>57926161
>unironically pulling up the Memeyazaki quote
>OneOfTheClassicBlunders.mp4
That article was published in 2016 and he was responding to a procedurally generated video of a zombie corpse writhing. His criticism was that it felt inhuman and that it did not resemble "real" pain, but that was the WHOLE POINT OF THE AI VIDEO, it was explained to him that "Artificial intelligence could present us with grotesque movements that we humans can't imagine" yet he just started rambling about his friend who struggles to lift his hand. And no wonder he said that he would never incorporate the technology into his work, because not only was it nascent, but it was also 3D and his films are in 2D.

I do not know if he has commented on modern AI image generation but what I'm trying to get at here is that the most anyone who is actually confident in their artistic skill would attack AI with is some kind of passing comment like that before quickly moving on, while people who are on a constant anti-AI crusade are a bunch of mediocre screeds. Miyazaki didn't go on this kind of offensive after witnessing that old AI video, he just moved on and continued doing his own thing, something which spergs cannot do because they feel constantly under attack by AI.

I always found Studio Ghibli films to be quite kitsch, basically Japan's equivalent of Thomas Kinkade paintings, but whatever talent he has lies in mostly directing, not artistry, the uniqueness of his artstyle would have meant SQUAT if he wasn't good at developing the storytelling that got him his international acclaim.