[pcthrowaway]

I actually felt like he came across as insensitive in that video.

These are students playing with new technology to produce animated characters that move in unintuitive ways, resulting in something actually quite interesting, yet unnaturally creepy (which was intentional).

Miyazaki dismissed it 'an insult to life itself'. I can't imagine the disappointment those students must have felt.

[somenameforme]

But perhaps in many ways that is where humans really shine. Messages (which can be interpreted metaphorically as well as literally) written with sincerity reveal much more than whatever is said. Whenever we do anything, the closer it comes to being unfiltered and directly from us, the more it means.

If you suspect I'm writing in a way to try to make you feel (or not) a certain way, or to avoid breaking some taboo, or to follow some dogma, then you have no real reason to care about what I ultimately say, because you have no real reason to think its "authentic." By contrast when he views something overtly as "an insult to life itself" it's an incredibly insightful view on his perspective of the world. You would have lost so much in "translation" had he crafted his message in a less sincere way.

I also think this is why there will be minimal to zero market for much "AI" content. Content is not just content. It's a reflection of ourselves. Think about how much you can, probably accurately, infer about me, my views, and more - based on these 3 paragraphs. When this comes from a chatbot, any reflections you might see would be as real as the shapes you might see in the clouds.