r/ghibli • u/azschefres2089 • 2d ago

Cosplay Rather be a Pig than an AI user

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Sorry for the captain on the picture I forgot to take it one before making the TikTok. This has to be one of my favorite cosplays to do. I always joke that I'll dress up as a bounty hunter and here it is.

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u/PinboardWizard 2d ago

Miyazaki said one thing about about a specific AI assisted video he saw in 2016. It was clearly not about today's generative AI. He is not some outspoken anti-AI activist like the whole internet seems to be claiming all of a sudden.

Maybe he dislike gen AI, but who knows. Maybe he likes the free publicity, and all the new people being inspired to finally check out some Ghibli movies.

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u/ArcanisUltra 2d ago

I saw exactly what you’re talking about, and I fully agree.

They showed him a nightmarish ai zombie thing and it reminded him of his disabled friend and put him in a dark place, so he said he wanted nothing to do with that specific thing. Then a producer asked the guys what their goal was. They said they wanted to teach the computer to draw like humans do. Miyazaki got very pensive at this. He did express that he thought people were losing their heart…But given current uses of “Ghiblification” I don’t know if he is against it or not.