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Matthew David Nelson's avatar

I think this is very insulting to Miyazaki. Could you imagine if he could see this, which copies a style he dedicated his life to, and seeing images that took no effort to create? This is a video of him reacting to a presentation by AI designers, and he just roasts them:

https://youtu.be/ngZ0K3lWKRc?si=jzC8VwS9BE9EIA6l

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Suzanne Podcast's avatar

We love Miyazaki and we love Ghibli. This is why we also made sure to say in the text that this AI filter raises lots of questions about intellectual property and the fact Miyazaki didn't like it. This being said, we think bringing images of Kosovo in a different, unusual style is something our readers would appreciate. It's difficult to navigate nowadays...

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Matthew David Nelson's avatar

Thank you for explaining. The Substack app doesn't have a translate feature, so I couldn't read the larger context. It's been a difficult adjustment to no longer know whether what we're seeing is made with AI or not

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