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I felt genuinely bad for the animation team that worked on AI-generated walk/movement when they showed their work to Miyazaki. It was downright brutal. That d

I felt genuinely bad for the animation team that worked on AI-generated walk/movement when they showed their work to Miyazaki. It was downright brutal. That doesn't change the fact that he has told amazing stories. He is an amazing creator, and has made some of my favorite films. But the hurt in those folks' faces as someone they idolized called what they did 'an insult to life itself'... It was ugly behavior.

miles 8y ago
What they showed Miyazaki was so grotesque and horrifying, that it seemed like they must either not be familiar with his work and character (almost inconceivable in Japan) or that they desperately needed a dose of reality. Given the material and their position relative to Miyazaki, I was surprised at how politely he spoke in Japanese (which has different verb endings, words, etc to express politeness/deference).
- ando_alter 8y ago
  > it seemed like they must either not be familiar with his work and character (almost inconceivable in Japan) or that they desperately needed a dose of reality Perhaps it was neither of the two? From a recent Dwango event, the team has shown that they have reflected upon it (if you watch the event, they mentioned a few times that they have been scolded by Miyazaki and even conducted an interview with him[0]) and develop a pretty interesting game called ARTILIFE[1] (tldw; MMO tamagotchi?). Overall it was a good turnaround, I think. [0]https://youtu.be/Yx7yI4MG1GQ?t=1086 https://youtu.be/Yx7yI4MG1GQ?t=1086 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIF2zQam7Ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIF2zQam7Ds
  - miles 8y ago
    > the team has shown that they have reflected upon it My point exactly. Miyazaki offered them genuine feedback ("a dose of reality") and they, to their credit, apparently acted on it. It was hardly, as the OP posted, "ugly behavior"; if anything, it was "beneficent behavior".
Ibethewalrus 8y ago
AFAIR He mentioned he has a friend that is disabled, and the movements were a copy in bad taste

miles 8y ago

What they showed Miyazaki was so grotesque and horrifying, that it seemed like they must either not be familiar with his work and character (almost inconceivable in Japan) or that they desperately needed a dose of reality. Given the material and their position relative to Miyazaki, I was surprised at how politely he spoke in Japanese (which has different verb endings, words, etc to express politeness/deference).

ando_alter 8y ago
> it seemed like they must either not be familiar with his work and character (almost inconceivable in Japan) or that they desperately needed a dose of reality Perhaps it was neither of the two? From a recent Dwango event, the team has shown that they have reflected upon it (if you watch the event, they mentioned a few times that they have been scolded by Miyazaki and even conducted an interview with him[0]) and develop a pretty interesting game called ARTILIFE[1] (tldw; MMO tamagotchi?). Overall it was a good turnaround, I think. [0]https://youtu.be/Yx7yI4MG1GQ?t=1086 https://youtu.be/Yx7yI4MG1GQ?t=1086 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIF2zQam7Ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIF2zQam7Ds
- miles 8y ago
  > the team has shown that they have reflected upon it My point exactly. Miyazaki offered them genuine feedback ("a dose of reality") and they, to their credit, apparently acted on it. It was hardly, as the OP posted, "ugly behavior"; if anything, it was "beneficent behavior".

Ibethewalrus 8y ago

AFAIR He mentioned he has a friend that is disabled, and the movements were a copy in bad taste