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Tim Burton Slams AI Art Cloning as 'Robot Taking Your Soul'

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechRadar ·

Filmmaker Tim Burton criticized AI tools that clone his artistic style, calling them dehumanizing. The director said such technology strips away the humanity and soul from creative work. His comments add to growing backlash from artists against unauthorized AI-generated imitations.

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Burton's critique highlights a real tension, but the genie is out of the bottle — regulation, not outrage, will decide how AI and artistry coexist.
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Quote of the day by filmmaker Tim Burton: 'It's like a robot taking your humanity, your soul' — a scathing slapdown on AI cloning artistic styles →
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