{"id":733534,"date":"2026-06-13T07:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/733534\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T07:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:25:22","slug":"hideo-kojima-says-ai-wont-create-real-art-in-his-lifetime-a-janitor-for-creative-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/733534\/","title":{"rendered":"Hideo Kojima says AI won\u2019t create real art in his lifetime: “A janitor for creative chores”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hideo Kojima has expressed enthusiasm for generative AI in recent months, but he has now clarified his stance on the technology in an interview with the Washington Post.<\/a> While he sees AI as a tool to speed up development workflows, he believes that\u2019s essentially the extent of its role. Kojima says he doesn\u2019t expect generative AI to play any part in the creation of \u2018true art\u2019 within his lifetime. <\/p>\n

Kojima spoke about the topic during a session at a high-profile Prada art event held at New York\u2019s Chelsea Hotel, just weeks after appearing in a promotional short film that was widely criticized for its AI-driven marketing. <\/p>\n

The AI-generated promotional video featured a digital version of Kojima alongside director Nicolas Winding Refn on an adventure through space, a project that many gamers and fans of Kojima bluntly labeled as \u201cAI slop.\u201d <\/p>\n

Following the disappointing campaign, Kojima addressed the broader conversation surrounding art and AI head-on, explaining, \u201cArt is life, but in 50 years, 100 years, I don\u2019t know. Maybe AI could create art, but while I live, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll see it. I\u2019m not interested in it.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Kojima further suggested that society might eventually find \u201ca good way, a good path to use the technology,\u201d but emphasized that it would fall to the younger generation to figure that out. The Washington Post reported that Kojima sees AI as \u201ca janitor for creative chores,\u201d while humans must \u201cstay in the room where art gets made.\u201d <\/p>\n

Kojima\u2019s previous comments<\/a> about AI were more ambiguous and conveyed far greater enthusiasm for the technology. However, this recent interview offers a more measured and grounded view of his thoughts on generative AI. In an earlier interview, he said that AI would be particularly useful for non-visual purposes and noted:<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than having AI create visuals or anything like that, I\u2019m more interested in using AI in the control systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given Kojima\u2019s evolving views and public statements about the technology, it now seems unlikely that he will incorporate generative AI-generated artwork or designs in his upcoming titles, such as the Xbox-exclusive horror game OD and the PlayStation-exclusive Physint, which is not expected to be released until 2030. <\/p>\n

Ultimately, the human element remains paramount for Kojima, and generative AI is, in his view, nothing more than a utilitarian tool. <\/p>\n

Buy Death Stranding 2 on Amazon here<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Rahim<\/a><\/p>\n

I am a UAE-based tech writer who likes to build and benchmark PCs both professionally and as a hobby. I contribute to multiple tech publications, including TechRadar and Notebookcheck, as well as Game Rant, where I focus primarily on news, commerce, and buying guides. When I’m not scouring the internet for the latest in tech stories, you will find me playing a game of Civilization or DotA with friends and frenemies alike while dropping recommendations for Apple TV+’s Foundation to everyone I come across.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hideo Kojima has expressed enthusiasm for generative AI in recent months, but he has now clarified his stance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[256,11480,254,64,63,234,26458,354769,120642,1853,5069,235,77333,354770,227,233,327278,226,174835,354771,100025,236,232,228,229,105,231,230,3975,172847],"class_list":["post-733534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-art","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-benchmarks","tag-creativity","tag-death-stranding","tag-game-development","tag-gaming","tag-generative-ai","tag-graphics-card","tag-hideo-kojima","tag-kojima-productions","tag-laptop","tag-netbook","tag-nicolas-winding-refn","tag-notebook","tag-od","tag-physint","tag-prada","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-video-games","tag-washington-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}