The viral Ghibli images produced by ChatGPT this week are not made with malice aforethought, but they represent the worst bits of AI-produced media.
Studio Ghibli's films are purposefully slow in both style and production and are drawn by hand over years, missing the point of using AI to mimic their art.
OpenAI claims to have taken steps to address artistic concerns but the restrictions don't fully protect the legacy of studios and creators like Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki.
There's a difference between making fan art mimicking an artist and having an algorithm do it, and more care is needed in the usage of AI to respect creative legacies.