Studio Ghibli producer says AI art trend was always going to fail

“At the time, I was inundated with interview requests, but I deliberately declined because I thought everyone would quickly get bored of it,” the 78-year-old producer said. “And that’s exactly what happened.”Suzuki also discussed the limitations he sees in AI-generated animation compared with traditional hand-drawn work.

“Certain kinds of animation can also be easily created with AI, but anyone with even a little knowledge can see through it all,” he said. “It doesn’t have much meaning, and it isn’t interesting either.”Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki has previously spoken critically about AI-generated animation.

In footage recorded in 2016, Miyazaki responded to an experimental AI animation demonstration by describing what he saw as “an insult to life itself.”“I am utterly disgusted,” Miyazaki said at the time. “If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it.

I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.”, Miyazaki has largely isolated himself from outside information while working since around the production of. The Boy and the Heron. “Miya-san doesn’t even know about generative AI,” Suzuki said.

Suzuki added that “Ghibli will become a cultural institution that demonstrates what it means for humans to create art” in the age of AI technology. He also said Miyazaki’s artistic expression “cannot be replicated by AI or CGI.”Miyazaki’s son Goro Miyazaki said in July that his father continues to produce illustrations and will “keep drawing until the day he dies.”