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I received this from Sean R. after my AI post earlier this week:
As a longtime reader of your blog, I'm saddened to see you posting so much A.I. content of late.
Respectfully, there are in fact many reasons not to use A.I., from the blatant theft that powers so much of what they do (Miyazaki himself is opposed), to the ways this tech is destroying the livelihood of the creative class (of which I am a member), not to mention the environmental harms their giant data centers cause, and the ways in which they routinely hallucinate answers which can have serious consequences, especially if you're using them for medical purposes.
Beyond that, there's an inherent soullessness in even the best A.I. art and "writing," as it is the product of statistical regurgitation offering (at best) second-hand imitations of true insight and actual human experience.
Compare the image you shared with any frame of any Studio Ghibli film; while the art style is similar, what is being conveyed about the characters and their world is night and day. Empty calories compared to a home-cooked feast.
Reasonable people can disagree about the extent to which A.I. tools can be used ethically and effectively, but I don't think anyone can argue that there's any way to use these generative tools in particular without causing at least some harm.
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