AI Slop and Misreading Studio Ghibli

Some of us didn’t notice what was said in Studio Ghibli’s animated films. We watched Princess Mononoke and salivated over its breathtaking animation, more mesmerized by the colorful fantasy characters than listening to any important words they had to say. The battle between humanity and nature didn’t resonate. In 1999, I could hear snickers from children in the theater when Ashitaka’s arrow decapitates an attacking soldier, giddily surprised the cartoon they’d convinced their parents to let the...