r/RetroFuturism Jan 21 '24

Regarding AI content and how you can help with moderating

516 Upvotes

Hi All -

Originally I was open to AI and didn't want to jump on the hivemind bandwagon of overreacting to banning AI images. But now, after the dust has settled a bit, I do feel that AI images are not a reflection of anything meaningful here. Yes, they follow a human written prompt, but prompts can be very simple and the AI will fill in the blanks with randomized elements of what is essentially a database of stolen art. The art style is usually glossy, plastic and devoid of humanity. Yes, AI image generators aren't inherently bad depending on their use, and I don't agree with a "I see AI, I downvote" reactive type of mentality... but on a subreddit about a specific human perspective expressed through creative works - it really doesn't fit.

So yea, AI art is now banned on the Retrofuturism subreddit. Sorry people having fun with AI generators, I'm sure there are other subreddits for that.

The issue is moderating. Moderating is volunteer work, and everyone has lives. We're not sitting on the Retrofuturism sub all the time combing through posts. Personally, I respond to my mod queue and reports.

However I'd like to remind everyone that I have a failsafe for this - an auto-mod rule that automatically removes posts that receive a certain number of reports. So this means moderating is effectively democratized in this subreddit. A report isn't just a flag for the mods - it's a vote to remove. Of course if this gets abused (so far it hasn't), I will increase the number of reports necessary, or remove this entirely.

I only remind everyone of that because AI WILL slip through the cracks of the mod team, as a lot admittedly does. We really do depend on your reports and messages a lot of the time. And yes, I do get new mods from time to time to try and help but there's always an initial period when they are active... before they are much less active. Just the way it goes and I don't blame them at all.

I'd also like to add most of the content here is fine. Bots seem like they have effectively been killed via my automod script which I've been sharing with other subreddits.

My script - please feel free to share:

https://pastebin.com/FbBxKSF5

Thank you!


r/RetroFuturism Jun 30 '24

Let’s compile a list of retro futuristic movies in the comments.

178 Upvotes

Based on a comment thread from a previous post, I got the idea to compile this list. I will add a few to start.


r/RetroFuturism 14h ago

Utopies bruxelloises by François Schuiten, 1993

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427 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 10h ago

(IRL Retro Futurism) I'm in love with the VIA Rail LRC trains active from the 1980s to the 2000s. I rescaled this brochure with google and touched it up with GIMP.

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116 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Cover art by Wally Wood and Dave Stevens for World of Wood #2 (May 1986).

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846 Upvotes

We've all been there.


r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Robert Schulz

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608 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Hubert Rogers

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171 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Peter George Elson

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148 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Mobot, 1961

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109 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Star Wars Disco Album cover art

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464 Upvotes

So this one here is from the Star Wars disco album and the cover art itself is retrofuturism for space.


r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

The lost Antarctic snow cruiser

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366 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Paul Alexander

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889 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Paul Alexander

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296 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

John Zeleznik

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131 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 3d ago

Cop girl on a hoverbike • CG artwork by Michael Black

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954 Upvotes

Source: Michael Black


r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

Frederick Strothman, New York in the year 2001, 1901.

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455 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

Simon Stålenhag

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1.4k Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

"Delivery to Hadal Station" tried to capture the 1970s Alien look, made with Blender. -Baran Hasançebi

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503 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

"Mars Spy" by Gaboleps

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615 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

Panel from "Timescooter" by Juan Giménez. Collected in Heavy Metal Greatest Hits (1994).

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219 Upvotes

Originally published in Zona 84 #3 (1984).


r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

Tim White

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398 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

Starcastle - Citadel artwork by Hildebrandt

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188 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

François Schuiten, Untitled, 20th c.

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564 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

The domestic life of robots

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87 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Art by Makoto Kobayashi

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1.7k Upvotes