Man arrested for threatening a shrine in Kyoto because they used AI art

Man arrested for threatening a shrine in Kyoto because they used AI art

Sometimes you have to ask yourself, “Am I acting like a demon?” AI remains a divisive technology, especially on social media, and any company that attempts to use it in its promotions risks considerable blowback. A Shinto shrine, however, wouldn’t seem as susceptible to that. It’d be like telling off your grandma for posting an AI image on Facebook. And yet, last March Kurumazaki Shrine in Kyoto City caused a bit of an uproar online when they ch…