Kojima Dismisses AI as Creative Tool, Despite Earlier Enthusiasm

When a synthetic version of Hideo Kojima appeared in a promotional video for a Prada art installation, the deepfake sparked enough backlash to draw the legendary game director into a public reckoning with a technology he had once called a potential friend. Speaking to the Washington Post, Kojima declared he does not expect to witness meaningful AI-generated art in his lifetime and has no desire to pursue it — a striking reversal from the warmer embrace he expressed just months prior. The episode illuminates a tension that runs through the entire creative industry: how artists reconcile curiosi