Rules, guidelines, and questions about AI-generated "art".
Let's get this out of the way first: If you can't handle reading and following all these guidelines, don't upload AI-generated material. That's the safest way for you to avoid getting banned.
What if I never want to see AI art?
You have the same options as any other tag you dislike: Exclude the tag AI-generated from your searches as you would any other tag (see the search help). Note that you must have a non-excluded search term for this to work.
You can also add the tag AI-generated to your blacklist on your user page if you have an account.
If you have an account and find a post that should have the AI-generated tag (or any other valid tag it is missing), feel free to tag it. As usual, you don't need the report box for missing tags, unless the tags have been locked by staff. However, feel free to report it for violating any of the guidelines below.
Contributing and tagging:
You must tag AI art as "AI-generated", as well as character and series. No "tagme" or partial tagging allowed (it's not like we can ask the machine!). An uploader who repeatedly fails at this may be asked to stop uploading AI works, or any works.
Tag the software used if known. You may optionally tag prompter/requester. If the art is a combination of human and AI efforts, tag the human artist and "AI-generated". The "edit" tag only applies if multiple humans were involved, such as one human running another human's line art thru a coloring AI.
Do not tag a human artist on AI-generated work just because the style came out similar or it was trained on that artist's corpus.
AI-generated audio components also qualify a work for the "AI-generated" tag, not just visual ones.
What is allowed?
To remain on Paheal, AI art must:
follow all rules that apply to any other artwork on the site, such as the explicitness guidelines in site rule 8. If we think an uploader is not bothering to look at it before uploading, there may be consequences.
be tagged. We will delete any AI-generated work that is not identified with character and series. Running that stuff thru SauceNao or similar is usually a fool's errand.
look like the character it is tagged as. This doesn't mean you absolutely can't depict an off-model or non-canon age, body proportion, hair dye, etc. but use some common sense and keep in mind how samey AI-generated works can be. If the character is intentionally depicted in an unusual way, you may wish to leave an explanatory comment (this is a good idea for any unusual post really).
not have fake signatures/watermarks, even indistinct ones that don't clearly match a known artist.
not look underage at all.
AI art may be reported and deleted for the reasons above. If the character has over 60 posts, it may also be reported if the artwork has "tells" such as:
wrongly rendered body parts including but not limited to limbs, joints, hands, feet, chins, teeth, and eyes. This doesn't apply to weird anatomy that doesn't seem like a random AI artifact (such as unrealistic breast size, blocky Minecraft creatures, spider-men having eight eyes, or depicting characters as humanoid when they're canonically something else).
wrong amounts of body parts, same idea.
skin or body parts blending into clothes, furniture, scenery, other characters, etc.
messed-up or fake text
details inconsistent between comic panels or animation frames
"machine goop", shading or line art that goes nowhere or doesn't connect in ways that make sense.
low size/dimensions or compression/artifact issues, severe enough to hide other tells.
We may also remove part or all of variant sets with very trivial variations. Be a bit selective and don't flood us, please.
Yes, all this is higher standards than we apply to human-made work. Yes, real people also may draw things wrong. We know.
Reporting:
Please be specific about why you are reporting, preferably mentioning a requirement or guideline from above. "AI extra fingers bottom right" or "AI made Character_Name's green eyes brown" are examples of good reports; "anatomy" or "likeness" are too vague. As always, the staff do not appreciate very vague reports like "delete" or "just look at it" or "do I have to explain?"
Of course, you must be logged in, or the report box will not be visible in the sidebar.
Appealing a removal:
Removal and ban of an AI-generated work may be appealed (via email as usual) on the basis that the work complies with the rules when correctly tagged, or if the work is not actually AI-generated.
You may not appeal on the basis that you think an AI-generated work was good quality or resembled the character; these are too subjective to argue.
Let's get this out of the way first: If you can't handle reading and following all these guidelines, don't upload AI-generated material. That's the safest way for you to avoid getting banned.
What if I never want to see AI art?
You have the same options as any other tag you dislike:
Contributing and tagging:
What is allowed?
To remain on Paheal, AI art must:
AI art may be reported and deleted for the reasons above. If the character has over 60 posts, it may also be reported if the artwork has "tells" such as:
We may also remove part or all of variant sets with very trivial variations. Be a bit selective and don't flood us, please.
Yes, all this is higher standards than we apply to human-made work. Yes, real people also may draw things wrong. We know.
Reporting:
Please be specific about why you are reporting, preferably mentioning a requirement or guideline from above. "AI extra fingers bottom right" or "AI made Character_Name's green eyes brown" are examples of good reports; "anatomy" or "likeness" are too vague. As always, the staff do not appreciate very vague reports like "delete" or "just look at it" or "do I have to explain?"
Of course, you must be logged in, or the report box will not be visible in the sidebar.
Appealing a removal:
Removal and ban of an AI-generated work may be appealed (via email as usual) on the basis that the work complies with the rules when correctly tagged, or if the work is not actually AI-generated.
You may not appeal on the basis that you think an AI-generated work was good quality or resembled the character; these are too subjective to argue.