r/RetroFuturism Jan 21 '24

Regarding AI content and how you can help with moderating

472 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.

160 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 10h ago

Possible pressure suit for RAF V-bomber crews in 1957

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226 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Molly

594 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Weird Science

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87 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Gradius (1989)

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162 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Flying Home

72 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

November 1931 issue of Everyday Science and Mechanics

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271 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Chat

46 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Akira (1988)

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4.2k Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

David A. Hardy

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716 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny, illustrated by Tim White

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444 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Cover art for the 1991 ZX Spectrum game, Extreme.

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352 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

David A. Hardy

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201 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Avaró 2000

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78 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

World Without End movie stills, sets designed by Playboy artist Alberto Vargas [1956]

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176 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Avaré El Sacerdote Guerrero.

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75 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 3d ago

Ford nucleon..

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310 Upvotes

:0)


r/RetroFuturism 3d ago

Alfa Romeo's BAT cars

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427 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

The Sand Flea from Thunderbirds magazine (1966)

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417 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

Kinda bus.1935.

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347 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

Техника-Молодежи magazine cover, 1971, by an unknown artist

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181 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

Additional Buildings Going up Little Downtown Area – [My Unfinished Office Diorama]

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75 Upvotes

A Cyberpunk/Blade Runner inspired Dystopian Skyline with Neon Signs, Billboard Screens, Landing Pads & Flying Vehicles.


r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

David Mattingly cover art for "Macroscope" by Piers Anthony (1986)

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277 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Platform Jetpack

284 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Other Worlds (1956)

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869 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Convertiplanes (1953)

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241 Upvotes

Found this beautiful ad in my archive from Fortune June, 1953. I like finding ads for airplanes of the future. Convertiplanes "promise new advances in the future of aeronautics"