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ChatGPT Ghibli artwork has made OpenAI’s GPU melt because of its popularity but Altman feels there is nothing wrong in using such materials.
Altman was quizzed about his views on the virality of Ghibli AI artwork on ChatGPT 4o
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has admitted that AI-generated art has drawbacks, but he claims that society as a whole will gain from its growing popularity. “I think the democratisation of creating content has been a big net win for society. It has not been a complete win, there are negative things about it for sure, and certainly it did something about the art form, but I think on the whole it’s been a win,” Altman made this statement during a virtual appearance on an Indian entrepreneur Varun Mayya’s YouTube podcast earlier this month.
Altman’s comments are part of a chaotic discussion about AI-generated art that was recently reignited on social media by the Ghibli AI craze.
With the release of OpenAI’s native picture-generating feature in ChatGPT, which was driven by the GPT-4o model, the floodgates opened. Artificial intelligence-generated visuals in the style of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli quickly took over the internet. As a result of the occurrence, the divide between proponents and opponents of AI grew wider.
Altman also discussed other divisive topics like India as a use case capital for AI, the automation of coding by AI, its effects on the labour market, and more.
A video featuring renowned animator and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki went viral online amid the outcry from Ghibli fans and AI sceptics. According to some viewers, the video supposedly showed Miyazaki calling AI “an insult to life,” but it was later noted that the statement was altered.
Regarding Miyazaki’s alleged criticism of AI in the video, Altman said, “It doesn’t mean that it [AI-generated art] doesn’t cause some job loss, and some people who had a sort of differential ability to do something now have a lot more competition,” in response to Mayya’s question. But all in all, he believes society benefits much from it.
Altman added that he had a strong belief in the ability of technology to reduce entrance barriers.
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