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AI Slop On Hexbear: A Proposal (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 hours ago by GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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So, brought on by this thread:

https://hexbear.net/post/8986189?scrollToComments=false

And @EdlritchEconomics@hexbear.net pointing out it's a AI image; here is a whole thing.

So I think the general consensus is AI slop bad and we dont want it in this town.

AI slop is now a bit tricky and I wouldnt blame someone for being tricked and posting slop as if it were real because they were themselves mislead. I dont blame em, scrutinizing every image is an exhausting ordeal.

So my proposal, is that any AI slop presented as true should be removed. Posting AI slop to comment on AI slop seems fine and honest. I dont think anyone posting AI slop and presenting it as real should face consequences unless there is evidence of doing it on purpose but we cant have robot pictures pretending to be real pictures. We need Blade Runners.

I dunno if a task force or an if you see something say something method is best, but it's just gonna get harder to spot for a while until the whole thing turns into a fun house mirror, so it seems worth getting in front of. You shouldn't have to scroll the comments to find out a posted image is AI and I would prefer no image posted here be AI unless it's meant to comment on that image as an AI image, illustrating a point about a slop image is one thing but if an image is AI I think it should just be removed but ill accept a tag being needed.

I picked Chat cause I dunno if anyone uses Feedback nowadays.

This also just made me think of photoshopping pictures to make them look like AI for plausible deniability/for a bit

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[-] Doubledee@hexbear.net 2 points 40 minutes ago

I like the proposal. Not sure how to materially advance it but I agree something should be done to catch and remove this stuff.

I'm so scared of reaching the simulacrum comrades, I really don't know how to manage that eventuality. I'm still holding out hope it all goes down in flames but I'm losing confidence in that option.

[-] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 12 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I don't like AI at all and agree with the sentiment.

But uh the Blade Runners weren't the good guys in Blade Runner. They were escaped slave hunters. Deckard shoots a fleeing woman in the back in broad daylight and SA's another in his apartment.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 1 hour ago

Yes. I understand movies. As well as jokes

[-] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 3 points 37 minutes ago

Well I don't understand either and I hate fun!

[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 12 points 3 hours ago

If it's misrepresented as real, it absolutely should be removed and users who have a sunstantial history of making such posts should probably be assisted in re-evaluating their posting approach.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 3 hours ago

Agreed. I've ended out elaborating more extreme views in other replies im this thread that I may edit into my main post tomorrow but I gotta make supper and stuff rn

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 5 points 2 hours ago

I picked Chat cause I dunno if anyone uses Feedback nowadays.

Chat seems fine to me personally, especially if you want non-hexbears to see it, but !feedback@hexbear.net is theoretically for technical site issues (and is pretty low traffic, yeah), while !hexbear@hexbear.net is for meta / moderation discussion (and also relatively low traffic, yeah)

I’m in favor of your proposal.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 8 points 3 hours ago

mob-bashful dang it. I was had

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 3 hours ago

Me too, until I checked the thread. That's why I made this post! This can't continue

[-] Guamer@hexbear.net 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

If it's purely for a shitpost, I personally don't think it's worth getting up in arms about

Edit: Also there have been updates in that thread: The exact pic may or may not be ai. but that specific meme car is indeed real

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago

I think that needs some restrictions even. It should be tagged as AI, it cant be created by op and it needs to be mocking the image. No one should repost ai memes or jokes that they enjoyed. Any post containing an ai image or text should only be posted in mockery and be tagged as well.

[-] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 2 points 36 minutes ago

The only thing more annoying than the absolute dorks who spam the weird dream their computer had everywhere like anyone cares are people who think they're on some kind of righteous crusade against that sort of annoying and cringe behavior. The core debate should start and end at "no, we really don't want to see the weird dream your computer had. Yes I'm sure you think it's very funny but it's really not," to preclude a flood of low quality content akin to the way godawful CGI flooded everything back when Poser and Daz3d became widely accessible in the mid 00s, and then just not really giving a shit about things caught in the wild unless it's explicitly misinformation (and a traditional photoshop used in the same way should be prohibited too).

[-] Guamer@hexbear.net 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I don't think the average hexbear uses ai image generators, much less posts the results here. If ai stuff is ever posted here it's almost always because the person didn't know/didn't care enough to investigate beforehand for a meme post. Nor should they have to imo. If it's for a serious topic, sure, but like I said I'm singling out joke posts specifically.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 3 hours ago

Could you give a hypothetical? It can be pretty broad,.I just want to get a better understanding of where youre coming from before responding.

[-] Guamer@hexbear.net 4 points 2 hours ago

I guess what I'm getting at is: Unless it's for a serious topic people shouldn't be expected to check beforehand if an image was made by ai or not, especially if in the end it's only for the sake of a gag. I've seen some people here get on other's cases for inadvertently posting an ai image for a shitpost of theirs, and it felt like an overreaction to me.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 3 points 2 hours ago

I think I clarified a lot of this elsewhwre on the thread. Gonna make an edit tomorrow to the post with those in regsrd but its supper snd sleep time now.

[-] Guamer@hexbear.net 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

And I edited my first post to reflect it, but there seems to have been updates in the post you referenced.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 2 points 2 hours ago

I got a lot of replies at the same time

[-] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago

Transparency is what matters. If a poster is conned as well though, they need to edit as soon as it's made known.

Trying to pass off slop as original content you created should be bannable imo.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

But why allow any AI slop at all? Aside from reposting to laugh at? I get posting AI slop found elsewhere to make fun of and think thst is fine. But posters tricked by AI should have the post removed, with no hard feelings. Spotting it is also gonna be more difficult until the bubble bursts so I think it might be good to get a a Nerds Who Are Good At Spotting AI task force to nip things at the bud. I dont wanna punish anyone who is posting AI cause they were duped. It's built to trick you. If intentionality is evident kill em. Any AI image post that isnt badically there to shit talk the ai image shouldnt be here and even then should get a tag

[-] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago

I think removal is fine for non-malicous posting of slop without a tag. Either tag it (and yes, agreed that reposting for mockery is fine) or having it removed or, if the attempt was malicious ("look at what I made"), ban of some amount.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 3 hours ago

I would prefer No Ai unless its a screenshot and in mockery policy and even mockery posts should be tagged. I don't any AI on hexbear that isnt in that specific zone, personally. I don't think even reposting ai content that is treated as positive or neutral should be allowed even if tagged. No slop zone.

[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 3 hours ago

I fully agree, but also AI is hard for some people to spot, so if we do find out something is AI try not to just assume the poster is being deceptive unless they obviously are. Just be politely be like "Sorry dude I think this is AI"

[-] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago

I think this is where any claim to authorship/creation is what should actually be a bannable offense. Anything else (getting snookered by someone else's slop) should be given grace, but if a hexbear poster creates slop and is unwilling to claim it as AI generated, that's a bannable offense imo.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 3 hours ago

For sure. Im more concerned about making sure the posts by people who are snookered dont sit around long. It's more fake news that im concerned about thsn authorship. Although I do agree with your policy idea and is a worthy offshoot to discuss if there even is one to be had. Claiming to have ceeated something which is AI slop is absolutely in ban range as far as im concerned as well. I figured this topic would broaden amd welcome it, there are probably a lot of different angles to consider.

[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 3 points 3 hours ago

Absolutely

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 3 hours ago

I agree and thought I made it clear in my original post. Maybe I didnt. But yeah, I dont consider it a punishable offense, mistakes are easy to make and are just gonna get easier. But I think it should still be politely removed or at least need to be marked as such. I think maybe some nerds who are really good at it might need to squad up and be responsible for having a good look at images, or teach other users how to do so themselves etc. I dont wanna blame anyone for being tricked, but we cant let trickery spread either. No shame in being tricked by something designed to trick you with resources beyond your belief at its back, but we gotta sus it out for that very reason. Ya gotta SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS OUT suspect literal device. I'm not always gonna zoom in and enhance but I think it would make sense for some folks who are good at it to do so and have greater convenience in doing it if possible.

[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 3 hours ago

agree and thought I made it clear in my original post. Maybe I didnt.

Nah you probably did I just suck at communication sometimes

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 3 hours ago

Same, that was a 'thought I made it clear' of self doubt, not derision

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 3 hours ago

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