Hi friends, mod here.
I want to take a moment to address the issue of low-quality AI-generated content that occasionally gets posted in this community.
While /c/comicstrips hasn’t had a specific rule about this until now, it’s become clear that some AI-generated comics being shared fall well below the standard of quality we aim to maintain. These low-effort posts not only disrupt the overall experience for readers, but they also devalue the hard work of the illustrators and artists who contribute original content here.
Starting today, a new rule is in place:
AI-generated comics are no longer allowed in this community.
Thanks for understanding and helping keep /c/comicstrips a high-quality space for everyone who loves comics.
Just make a comic with stick figures. Cyanide and Happiness literally became famous for doing it and turned into a semi-refined art style. You don’t need AI if you got a good joke on your hands.
So did xkcd.
or sprites from a video game
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please dont remind me of loss comic
edit: ok…i think i need to drop some context with what im saying
Speaking of loss
You just lost The Game
Exactly, the art style doesn’t matter if the written content is good. But this doesn’t need to exclude AI at all, because as you mention the art style is not the critical piece. I don’t care if the art is made by AI, as long as the written content is good.
My biggest problem is included in the “but they also devalue the hard work of the illustrators and artists who contribute original content here” part of the original post, especially since the AIs are trained on copyrighted work.
Almost everyone, anyway
How the mod ruled:
Great choice!
You tell 'em, Everett!
Was ready to unfollow and block.
Glad we decided to preserve the integrity of the art.Let the ai-bro tears flow.
low-quality AI-generated content
Is there any other kind?
Lower-quality content, maybe?
Awesome! Thanks for this decision.
Thank you for making this choice, and keeping this community worth visiting. And thank you for the hard work you do in moderating!
I congratulate you on your decision
However, I do think that people like us are on the losing side. US tech companies are flooding the internet with AI slop and most people in the world are tied up in them and see barely anything else anymore.
Soon enough we’ll be a tiny minority, but what can you do…?
Excellent decision! The simplest way to enforce this would be to require all comic strip submissions to include a source link.
While I think Ai can make some cool images, it sucks at comics.
They look souless, have weird facial expressions and have inconsistent fonts.Stick figure comics are far better.
Stick figure comics are far better.
I’ll test your theory. Here’s a comic made be me in a minute trying to act like a data scraping AI. I don’t know how to edit things.
Ai could never make this
how do you feel about posting a comic that occasionally uses ai tools in it
