Tim Burton Blasts AI Recreations of His Style as ‘Very Disturbing’: ‘It’s Like a Robot Taking Your Humanity, Your Soul’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Over the summer, Buzzfeed posted an article of photos that were generated by asking an AI platform to recreate beloved Disney characters in the style of Tim Burton.
The results depicted Elsa from “Frozen” and Princess Aurora from “Sleeping Beauty” as if they were the stars of Burton’s stop-motion “Corpse Bride.” The article went viral, but not to the amusement of Burton himself.
In a recent interview with The Independent, Burton reacted in horror to the AI recreations of his trademark style. “They had AI do my versions of Disney characters,” Burton said. “I can’t describe the feeling it gives you.
It reminded me of when other cultures say, ‘Don’t take my picture because it is taking away your soul.’” “What it does is it sucks something from you,” he continued. “It takes something from your soul or psyche; that is very disturbing, especially if it has to do with you.
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