A lot of social media users, including big names in tinsel town, have been gripped by ChatGPT's Studio Ghibli cinema-inspired AI-generated images. While many shared the Ghibli-fied versions of their own pictures, inspired by the films of Hayao Miyazaki, some have refused to get on the bandwagon and opposed the trend. Indian singer Vishal Dadlani is one example.
In an Instagram story, Dadlani expressed his disappointment at what he calls "AI plagiarisation", seemingly irked by fans sending him Ghibli-fied versions of his photographs. In his story, he wrote that he won't share any of the so-called "artwork" and implored followers not to send any more.
"Sorry, I'm not sharing any of the Studio Ghibli-style images you guys have made of or for me. I just can't bring myself to support AI's plagiarisation of an artist's life work. Not to mention the environmental horror that those images are. Please do NOT make any more. Thank you," he wrote.
Although Miyazaki hasn't expressed his opinion on this trend, anyone closely following his work knows exactly what he would say. The genius animator and illustrator has made known his disapproval of anything to do with artificial intelligence. In 2016, Miyazaki was introduced to an AI-generated animation project, which Miyazaki called "an insult to life itself." This reaction went viral then, and has been brought up again in the light of the Ghibli trend.
In the recent past, celebrities like Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, Scarlett Johansson, George RR Martin, Keanu Reeves, Anil Kapoor, Brian Cox and Stephen Fry have voiced their concerns about the intrusion of AI, especially when it comes to the plagiarisation of their creative works.