For those wondering, this is a reference to an older video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZ0K3lWKRc
So, not hyperbole.
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Not pointed at @helloplanets, just need to note that he responded that way because it was an abomination. And they're all stockholm syndrome about the situation, "we can use AI to make grotesque monsters that feel no pain. All we want to do is make a machine that replaces human drawing." With this weird implied feeling he was supposed to congratulate them.
Quoting Miyazaki, which was not especially harsh given they showed him a naked mutant zombie crawling across the ground using it's head and arm as legs while constantly trying to arch it's butt toward the camera.
> Every morning, not recent days, but I see my friend who has a disability.
> It's so hard for him just to do a high five (waves hand showing difficulty)
> His arm with stiff muscle reaching out to my hand (demonstrates body stiffness)
> Now thinking of him, I can't watch this stuff and find it interesting
> Whoever creates this stuff has no idea what pain is, or whatsoever. I am utterly disgusted.
> If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it
> I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all
> I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.
(room sits in silence awkwardly)
Many YouTube comments seem to have understood this clip as a dismissal of AI in general. And, regardless of whether thats accurate, I disagree with this standpoint. It's not easy to defend this particular example. But seeing how Rainworld uses synthetic animation to simulate an alien, yet somehow familiar ecosystem, makes me excited for whats next.
From a Review by Matthewmatosis [1]:
> Not long after setting out, I found myself staying in a quiet place, just moving Slugcat around various obstacles as smoothly as I could. [...] What was happening on screen looked like an animal testing its limits so as to build survival skills. It was then that I knew that this system was a resounding success.
Miyazaki famously not a very kind person, especially to his son
Perhaps there are different types of kindness, because his films are deeply, profoundly kind; and acutely aware of inner life.
Someone with an extreme sensitivity for kindness can easily be seen as a curmudgeon by others, ie, after long years of disillusionment with the human race, or after a traumatic experience, or simply because of how they look.
Some people might be good at being kind 'in the moment', while others need to reflect - and the second kind can be a 'bigger', more encompassing, more effective or beneficial kindness.
And many (all?) of the people who give the most of themselves without hope for any reward genuinely care nothing for external validation or recognition - meaning we don't often hear about them or recognize them.
One could garner a reputation as an absolute arse, while accomplishing fantastically beneficial changes in the world. And conversely, a man could get a reputation as a folksy down-to-earth guy who you'd love to have a beer with, even as he sets the planet on a course to perpetual war. Cough.