Brian MerchantMar 27, 2025

OpenAI is using Studio Ghibli-style memes as an ad hoc promotional campaign for its new image generator—despite Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki's famous hatred of AI. Sam Altman even made his X avatar a 'Ghiblified' portrait.

Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to the industry's biggest boosters that they have won—that they're free to use, appropriate, and commoditize art however they see fit.

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openais-studio-ghibli-meme-factory

OpenAI's Studio Ghibli meme factory is an insult to art itself

Sam Altman is promoting his new image generator by appropriating the work of one of the greatest living animators—who is "disgusted" by AI.

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Show threadKenny Park

@brianmerchant Perhaps the best answer is the sublime Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron: maybe the best meditation on creativity I've ever seen.

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81946538?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=en

Watch Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron | Netflix

Animation legend Hayao Miyazaki grapples with matters of mortality and creativity during his seven-year journey making "The Boy and the Heron."

Mar 28, 2025 at 9:50amWeb