RE: Where Did the Studio Ghibli AI Hype Go? 🦊Anime Artists Discouraged?

Any trend becomes old-fashioned in a couple of weeks, since everything new appears on the internet in a matter of hours, so attention, although high at first, quickly fades.

I saw this trend more as an appeal to nostalgia, as you say, but it's not perfect. In the end, AI will never make you feel human, nor will that type of "art" truly express anything emotional.