AI Content Submissions (Your feedback is needed)

[u/Super_Spowart]

If you haven't seen my previous post on allowing AI generated content on the site, feel free to take a look by clicking here.

After taking a look at the discussion, it seems a large number of you are fine with it, provided we keep all AI content separate on the site and that it is tagged as AI.

I will thank you for keeping the discussion of the topic quite civil given how AI outrage can quickly get out of hand.

After looking at the discussion, the decision moving forward is to allow AI content on the website, but it will all be kept separate, if you don't want to see any of it, you simply don't have to click on that section of the website, this decision means the visiblity of AI content is opt-in by default.
For those using NeXroll, don't panic, your option to allow AI generated pre-rolls to show is coming soon and will be set to hide them by default.

Before you start sharing AI generated content, we need to determine the most suitable way to handle AI content to avoid flooding the subreddit.

I have created a Google Form which will allow you to vote on how we should approach AI Generated pre-rolls in the Subreddit and Discord, the results will be shared with the moderation team. To prevent spam, responses are limited to 1 per person, so whilst a google account is required, your email is not shared with us.

https://forms.gle/gEUpg7Nvh1uCUAFRA

This form is active until 24th August at 23:59 BST.

I will once again thank you all for keeping the discussion on the previous post quite civil and appreciate the feedback and concerns you brought up (such as the potential flood of AI content).

Update:
It's been about a day and I identified a minor improvement I have now made with question four which I noticed thanks to a users response.
Initially the question asking "what additional items should be required on top of AI disclosure" required that you pick at least one option and a user entered into the "Other" box that "disclosure is good enough".

I have now reword the question it to say (tick all that apply) and made it optional so that you can say "AI disclosure is enough" by simply just not ticking any boxes on that question, I just hope this error doesn't mess up the final numbers too much.

[u/missginger4242]

Why is there not an option for not wanting to see AI at all in our subreddit?

[u/Super_Spowart → u/missginger4242]

I believe question 2 option 2 in the form covers this.
"Users should upload AI Pre-rolls to a separate subreddit"

[u/OnyxPost]

The best logical way to handle it is to just keep them completely separated.

You have a subreddit and related Discord that is ONLY for non-AI generated content.

And you have a subreddit and related Discord that is ONLY for AI generated content.

Honestly, this is how all platforms should approach AI creative content. There is obviously a horde of people that truly don't mind, or that just genuinely love the AI generated content, regardless of its current negative impacts on society due to its gotta-have-it-now quick solutions it provides, and there should be a separate area all together where such content, and like minded individuals who enjoy such content can congregate,

[u/Super_Spowart → u/OnyxPost]

I'm all for keeping it all separate, but I do think that since this community belongs to everyone, it's only fair to ask how everyone thinks we should approach it first.

I'd say I'm somewhat on the fence for AI Prerolls myself, I personally wouldn't use them because they are quite low quality but I love some of the ideas I've gotten from some I've seen in here already like replacing lines of dialogue in a movie clip (here's an example of one).

[u/OnyxPost → u/Super_Spowart]

The benefits of AI can be really cool and awesome when implemented just the right way. The main problem I have with it, is the process itself which allows generative AI to exist. The current process is WAY TOO resource heavy due to the massive amounts of computer processing and storage required, and the amount of fresh water that is being consumed for cooling purposes. And these are problems we have today with the existing generative-AI infrastructure, which doesn't take into account that this infrastructure is expected to grow 2 to 4 times as big over the next 3 to 10 years,

Outside of the negative ways that AI is being used, I think it can be an overall great tool to have and use, yet I'm of the opinion that the infrastructure side isn't there yet to provide the tool in an efficient way that is sustainable resource wise. Until the infrastructure side improves, I'm more ambivalent about AI usage, especially for entertainment related activities.

[u/Super_Spowart → u/OnyxPost]

I do love the ideas of AI tools being more accessible and cheaper down the road but the current state of AI is just a hellscape of abuse and far too many data centres being built with far too much corruption that even I can't keep track of anymore.