Now, thinking of him, I can’t watch this stuff and find it interesting. Whoever creates this stuff has no idea what pain is.
Miyazaki’s critique is not about AI as technology but about form advancing without function. When technical capability (how something is made) outpaces purpose (what it’s for and why it matters), the work loses its grounding in human experience. The phrase “whoever creates this stuff has no idea what pain is” points to art’s role in reflecting lived experience, not just demonstrating technique.This video is some years old, so we dread to think what the Ghibli legend might say about today’s onslaught of AI…
For artists concerned with “how life should be lived,” art’s function is not formal experimentation but reflection on human experience. Tools that prioritize novelty over meaning miss the point. The question is not what the medium can do but what it helps people understand.
