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On October 31, actor and musician GACKT posted a lengthy message on X about the AI-generated image video for his new single. The post raised the question of what’s left once humans stop thinking, along with a warning that convenience can easily turn into a weapon. In response, users on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Breaking News+ board clashed between those worried that AI—while streamlining labor—might end up replacing the arts too, and those more optimistic that it would actually free up more time to think. Some pointed out the apparent contradiction of GACKT himself using AI to make the music video while raising these concerns, asking “who are you to talk?” Opinions split over where exactly to draw the line between convenience and creativity.
[GACKT] “What’s left once humans stop thinking?” — Praises AI’s potential in new MV, but warns “convenience can easily become a weapon” — post sparks big reaction
Musician and actor GACKT updated his X account on October 31.
He shared his thoughts on the AI-generated image music video for his new single, while also revealing his views on AI’s advancement and humanity’s future.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
But workplaces need to be efficient, and AI cuts labor costs, so it's already a must.
I think that's exactly right.
In the workplace it's already a must.
And on top of that, for the kind of art GACKT works in—to put it bluntly—it's something that "enriches life but isn't exactly a necessity."
Hard to put into words, but
it'd be good to brand "the fact that a human, not an AI, made this" as the selling point itself.
At the end of the day, art can be worth any price to people who want it, and worth nothing to people who don't care.
For example, sorry, but even if I owned a Picasso I wouldn't want to pay hundreds of millions for one.
But there's clearly demand for that kind of thing, so branding "this isn't AI" could actually stir up and uncover that demographic.
I listen to AI-made music myself, but I bet there will be a segment of listeners who value the fact that a human made it, not AI, as the real added value.
I wish I'd had that back in my school days.
Bubble territory.
Not being able to read sheet music or play an instrument
stopped being a barrier to making music a while ago.
Professional musicians won't disappear—
it's just the half-assed ones who get weeded out.
Going forward he'll just have AI make it, right?
Maybe he already does.
turns out he can sing too?
Isn't that DAIGO you're thinking of?
Scarier than plenty of guys in their 30s.
as long as you have AI
that's basically a wild beast, isn't it
A human with intelligence is more savage than any wild beast
The real question should be what happens when someone whose job WAS thinking stops thinking.
Well, I guess that's just becoming a frail reed.
AI still can't seem to do subtraction—like, it can't simplify.
It just piles stuff on, gets fussy and over-the-top, I guess.
I think the real problem is humans who just use that output as-is without judgment.
Is it really that reasonable though?
Like, if GACKT shot and made his own music videos
entirely from scratch himself,
this would carry more weight.
But he's having AI make his music videos
while saying this—
so it comes down to "who are you to talk?"
My job—AI's gotten so good at it that I'm genuinely starting to feel like I'm not needed anymore
Like, jobs such as building websites, for instance—those are already becoming unnecessary, right?
Background and key points of this discussion
GACKT has often come up on social media in the past in connection with cryptocurrency, and the thread’s jokes about NISA (Japan’s tax-free investment account) or “GACKT Coin” stem from that history. The post itself isn’t a rejection of AI’s spread—it’s a warning about giving up on thinking—but in the thread, comments pointing out a seeming contradiction (“isn’t it odd to voice these concerns while putting out an AI-made MV?”) stood out. The debate split roughly into two threads: whether efficiency in labor and artistic expression can really be judged by the same standard, and whether “the fact that a human made it” can itself be preserved as a value. Most replies take it as a given that AI-driven efficiency is already irreversible—what’s harder to catch from the quoted material alone is that the disagreement was really concentrated on the narrower question of AI’s relationship to creativity.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Entertainment] GACKT: “What’s left once humans stop thinking?” — Praises AI’s potential in new MV, but warns “convenience can easily become a weapon” — post sparks big reaction.”
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