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I can't help but feel that at least a significant part of his reaction is due to the subject matter of AI zombies crawling in what we imagine would be painful poses without feeling pain, rather than just the technology itself.

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Likewise, I feel like the article presents a somewhat manufactured "quote" and misinterpretation of what was being referred to in the linked video.

Unfortunately I'm sure this sensationalised fake-quote will spread much more quickly than any context / checking.

I don't see how. This kind of AI has no mind and can't feel anything, so it has no component that's needed for expressing feelings in art. That's his main point. That was true then, it's true today.

What was shown in the video seems to be something like Karl Sims' work[0], which is completely different (genetic algorithm for optimising black-box locomotion within a physics simulation framework) from AI image generation / what we're currently calling "Ghiblification".

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZtZia4ZkX8

I agree. They were clearly going for a bipedal gait and failed to produce anything in time. Then they swapped the model with a zombie to sweep their failure under the rug.

Hayao Miyazaki is just calling them out in a diplomatic way.

I thought the same thing, it wasn't a quote about all AI, it was in direct response to what he saw which was a "person" like limbing on the floor in a creepy way.

"I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."

The "insult to life" is specifically about the tech, from my reading. Granted, if he had been shown something less grotesque, maybe he would've responded differently? I doubt it, the guy doesn't like CGI either.

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