Gene Park here: Kojima's AI quotes and involvement in FULL context from MY interview
I really wish the OP of the Kojima AI post linked my interview of Kojima which was aggregated by Kotaku. I know this sub cares about how genAI steals the original work from the original creators and I would hope this sub would support the original work I did of spending the last week with no sleep talking to Kojima and Nicolas Winding Refn about AI and other things that we discuss in this piece I spent a lot of time and money writing.
There was no backdown. Kojima was never involved in the trailer. This is "Satellites II," Refn's version of a Prada-backed art exhibit and event series. Kojima already did his version, "Satellites," in Tokyo, which did not use any AI at all. Refn was in the driver's seat of the New York event, which he generated a trailer to promote it. The actual event itself featured NO AI art at all. If you read my article, you will have received this context. Kojima's stance on AI quoted here is consistent with what he's been saying for the last few years. He does NOT think it belongs in creative work and doesn't believe it can create art because only humans can do that.
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Edit: For further context, Prada and other luxury couture brands are ALL IN on AI. They are not only using AI across their business from marketing to design to customer relations, they are purposefully trying to attract people enriched by the AI boom. Zara, my old favorite brand, is generating models in different outfits. Refn has been assisting Prada with digital marketing for a few years, which includes creating completely fake 3D "models" to market their fragrances. Nobody at Prada or the event had even heard of any of the backlash Refn's trailer got. When I mentioned it to anyone attending there, they were shocked that people who like video games would be so anti AI. Mind you, this was not an event where any gamers attended, all fans of Prada and the party lifestyle. From what I could tell, the only gamers were me, Kojima, and Hunter Schafer ostensibly.
Edit 2: Mahalo plenty to the mods for allowing this blatant self promo post!