The truth is, Hayao Miyazaki would hate you fucking losers. Every last one of you using this abomination of technology, whether just for a lark or because you actually hold an ideological commitment to killing artistry, jobs, and the Earth in favor of enriching the most craven, grasping, ruinous people alive.

The internet can't get enough of Ghibli-style AI images—those dreamy, watercolour-like visuals popping up thanks to OpenAI-owned ChatGPT's latest update. Social media is buzzing with excitement and criticism as well.

Much like their visual aesthetic, Studio Ghibli’s stories blend the mundane with the fantastical. They are also deeply political, and contain complex characters who blur the binary between good and evil.