Policy update regarding AI content

Ciaran
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@FlatterDeN
You really need to chill.
A report can be closed for any number of reasons. In this case it is closed because I have claimed it and am working it. I am still waiting for staff to finish discussing what the best response might be.
@FlatterDeN
That’s too bad. He’s a big damned hero. He has some good words for people who need to calm themselves before going off half cocked.
Asder-T76
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@Quakehoof
Я имел ввиду ИИ-работу FlatterDeN, которая выглядит как SFM. Хотя можно было легко сделать её куда лучше, даже без ручной правки.
@FlatterDeN
Ну я тоже уже привык к SFM, есть в нем что-то. Но если в 3Д пластилиновые персонажи еще оправданы возрастом движка, то на генерации всрато выглядит.
Ciaran
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@FlatterDeN
Please go to sleep. For many of the people volunteering here, it’s midnight on a Sunday and we’d like to sleep, too. We will have a decision for you by the time you get back.
@Asder-T76
This thread really isn’t for discussing SFM. Please keep your comments on the topic of the thread.
Ciaran
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@Asder-T76
You are right, there is much that can be done to improve the quality of AI generated images. However, too often when we try to talk about AI here the discussion becomes derailed by arguments about whether SFM should be permitted. And it would be good to keep the discussion here focused on our policy changes with regard to AI.
Ciaran
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@AmyNewBlue
Drawing is amazing. I look forward to doing more once this all settles down. But also please help keep the discussion here on topic.
Wild Stallions
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Would these be protected under the new category of AI-composition?
I’m sorry, I don’t know. Also I’m trying to avoid deciding things like that by myself. Whenever I’m asked this question I take the example to the rest of staff and ask for a discussion/vote. So, I don’t feel it’s appropriate for me to unilaterally say. If you have something that you’d like to have reviewed, please come to our Discord support channel and ask there so that everyone who would like to look at your works will be able to.
Never used Discord, would it be possible to send the pics over PM to be forwarded for evaluation?
Background Pony #9B0D
There is no AI Tantabus on tantabus.ai !
It feels like division by zero.
Somepony create one and post it there please.
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HumanificialIntelligence
For those making ai compositions, how do their works show up on their Derpibooru profile? Can we get editor:artist-name to show up in “Recent Artwork” or something?
Ciaran
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@Wild Stallions
I’m sorry, I’m really swamped right now and don’t have the bandwidth be your advocate. Perhaps someone else on staff might be able to help you.
@wumbl3
Editor already does that. Actually, any tag that can be used as a user link has the ability to do that.
Background Pony #9B0D
In all seriousness, I think admin made the best decision. It’s not banned, it just has it’s own home. Kinda reminds me of what Moot did with /mlp/ all those years ago.
I hope the other boorus follow suit.
Irradiated Brain

I had nothing against AI generated stuff, but honestly I’m happy it gets a separate site. The best of both worlds in my opinion and a good compromise.
WARNING: asking this or a similar question in the thread will get you banned for a month
Phew, that’s a spicy warning.
Irradiated Brain

@TheGamerPainter
It’s in the post.
Images tagged “AI Generated” were supposed to be blocked from uploading on dec 14th, with deletion starting on jan 6th.
Assuming that there haven’t been any technical difficulties then people have most likely been posting them without the tag. If the tag is there then it was probably added after upload.
Resu
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ai generated images will start being removed after [January 6 2025]
Do I understand correctly, that you want to remove stuff that has been on the site for a long while as well?
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Equulus Discipulus
I think it’s a good decision because there are so many pure ai generated works that it’s better to put them in a place dedicated to showing ai works
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I can only welcome this decision. It might be good not just for Derpibooru but for art community at all, including AI creators. Too many people, as seems to me, use AI not as a tool (despite constantly calling it a tool) but as a magical thing what does all the work for them. If at least here on Derpi new AI policy will limit people from simply slapping the “do magic” button, maybe they will have more motivation to develop new skills in image processing and learn to control their creation process better, make a more presice implementations of their fantasies on digital canvas, trully express themselves rather than just making a likable high detailed images.
But I also want to stand as a devil advocate for a while. Here is why.
Learning to draw is hard, many people never dare to even try it, and AI become a salvation for such people. Even if their creative control over AI is low, they are still got an ability to materialize something from their imagination. Everyone who does art knows how wonderfull this feels, and also knows that pain when you are trying over and over to draw something but get nothing but disgust from an ugly doodles your low skill can produce at moment. Not every person could go through it. AI can give to beginner artist a less painfull start, allowing them to have satisfying results almost immediately, not after months or even years of training. Of course I’m talking about using AI as a tool, a source of props, resources for photobashing, references etc. Obviously AI might do completely opposite and stop people from developing any image processing skills, because why learn to draw if you can get your favorite pony’s butt on a screen right now. It’s a real devil’s toy.
So this is my point: AI can make drawing easier for non-artists, but only if they don’t have to polish their AI-generated images to perfection. Fixing all the crap AI can drop might be as exhausting as drawing all from scratch. I read the new requirements on quality of AI-uploads, and I think real old-school artists frequently doesn’t avoid mistakes like wrong perspective, objects incorrectly aligned with perspective, missing character features and so. The rules says for example what four instead of three freckles is acceptable, but I myself did draw Applejack without freckles at all :) Many images under missing wings are human-made, not an AI slop. So maybe mods can have some more mercy for flaws in ai composition images and forgive the ones what is too tedious to fix? Fixing distorted perspective might be a huge pain in the ass for example.
Obviously it should not apply to cases when people try to load images straight from AI generator. And it is only a suggestion.
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