Generative AI and the Creative Industries

What are ChatGPT and Midjourney threateneing to do?

ChatGPT and Midjourney are threatening to upend this special status of "creativity", once thought to only be possessed as a human quality - as they now can replace creative work, both independent and salaried

How do Generative AI models work

Generative AI models that learn from huge datasets and user feedback, producing new content in the form of texts, images, and audio, or a combination of those

What is the recent Studio Ghibli Trend?

The recent AI-generated Studio Ghibli Trend, where everyday people would ask OpenAI to turn their photo a create a scene in the Ghibli house style

How has Hayao Miyazaki responded to the Trend?

received a passionate condemnation from its creator Hayao Miyazaki, cheapening and devaluing the labour it actually takes for Miyazaki to create his animations

What was the film Miyazaki made that took x months to animate?

The four seconds from 'The Wind Roses' took 13 months to animate, contrasted with the mere seconds it takes for ChatGPT to animate a Ghibli facsimile