Hideo Kojima Has ‘Mixed’ Feelings On DLSS 5 Because AI Can’t Understand Creators’ Intentions: ‘I Don’t Much Like That Idea’
It seems that Hideo Kojima’s opinion on AI is ever-evolving. In 2025, the Metal Gear Solid director compared the tech’s importance to the leap from 2D to 3D in video games, and then, in a separate interview months later, referred to AI as a “friend” that could potentially help “boost efficiency” in game development.
In May 2026, Kojima starred in an AI-generated advert for Prada, alongside Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn, whose likeness is used for the character of Heartman in the Death Stranding games. But then, in June 2026, Kojima flip-flopped on the tech, stating that he wasn’t “interested” in AI: “Maybe AI could create art, but while I live, I don’t think I’ll see it. I’m not interested in it.”
Today, the latest episode of Kojima’s KOJI10 podcast went live, and it’s the first entry in the long-running, 36-episode series to premiere with official English subtitles. During the podcast, after discussing Death Stranding 2’s one-year anniversary, the director brought up NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 tech: “NVIDIA has a technology for its graphics cards; it’s called DLSS 5. It can make CG characters that were close to the uncanny valley look like real people. That caused a buzz.”
It seems that Hideo Kojima’s opinion on AI is ever-evolving. In 2025, the Metal Gear Solid director compared the tech’s importance to the leap from 2D to 3D in video games, and then, in a separate interview months later, referred to AI as a “friend” that could potentially help “boost efficiency” in game development.
In May 2026, Kojima starred in an AI-generated advert for Prada, alongside Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn, whose likeness is used for the character of Heartman in the Death Stranding games. But then, in June 2026, Kojima flip-flopped on the tech, stating that he wasn’t “interested” in AI: “Maybe AI could create art, but while I live, I don’t think I’ll see it. I’m not interested in it.”
Today, the latest episode of Kojima’s KOJI10 podcast went live, and it’s the first entry in the long-running, 36-episode series to premiere with official English subtitles. During the podcast, after discussing Death Stranding 2’s one-year anniversary, the director brought up NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 tech: “NVIDIA has a technology for its graphics cards; it’s called DLSS 5. It can make CG characters that were close to the uncanny valley look like real people. That caused a buzz.”
Hideo Kojima Has ‘Mixed’ Feelings On DLSS 5 Because AI Can’t Understand Creators’ Intentions: ‘I Don’t Much Like That Idea’
It seems that Hideo Kojima’s opinion on AI is ever-evolving. In 2025, the Metal Gear Solid director compared the tech’s importance to the leap from 2D to 3D in video games, and then, in a separate interview months later, referred to AI as a “friend” that could potentially help “boost efficiency” in game development.
In May 2026, Kojima starred in an AI-generated advert for Prada, alongside Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn, whose likeness is used for the character of Heartman in the Death Stranding games. But then, in June 2026, Kojima flip-flopped on the tech, stating that he wasn’t “interested” in AI: “Maybe AI could create art, but while I live, I don’t think I’ll see it. I’m not interested in it.”
Today, the latest episode of Kojima’s KOJI10 podcast went live, and it’s the first entry in the long-running, 36-episode series to premiere with official English subtitles. During the podcast, after discussing Death Stranding 2’s one-year anniversary, the director brought up NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 tech: “NVIDIA has a technology for its graphics cards; it’s called DLSS 5. It can make CG characters that were close to the uncanny valley look like real people. That caused a buzz.”
