The Ghibli Prompt Storm - Art and AI Ethics

Dear Philosophers, Art Enthusiasts, Miyazaki Fans,

We invite you this Saturday to dig into the recent controversy surrounding ChatGPT’s generation of Studio Ghibli-style images. This has fortunately or unfortunately led us as a society to debate on AI ethics, the future of art, and questions of ownership in the age of Gen AI. This weekend we shall capitalize on the heat of the moment and unpack:

• What it means when AI “borrows” without consent
• How we, as thinkers and creators, respond to this moment
• Where copyright laws draw the line and where they fail
• Whether style is personal property
• If we’re erasing human emotion from art
• Future of creativity
• Who profits and who loses when AI makes the art
• What counts as art
• Is the fear of AI more about losing control than losing art?
• Could Gen AI be the next renaissance expanding who gets to create?
• Is this our most advanced act of creativity yet - making something that creates?

Your questions, outrage, rationality, curiosity are all welcome