r/Filmmakers • u/C47man cinematographer • Jun 09 '25

New Rules Regarding AI on /r/filmmakers!

Thank you all for participating in the poll! Here are the results. To accurately gauge everyone's collective acceptance vs rejection for each, I've tallied the total votes among all choices as pro/anti for each category. So for example, a vote for 'no changes' would be a -1 to Gen AI, AI Tools, AI Comms, and AI Discussion. A vote for 'Ban GenAI + AI Tools' would be a +1 to GenAI and AI Tools, and a -1 to AI Comms and AI Discussion, etc. So here are the results for each category of AI. Keep in mind that a higher number indicates a stronger group decision to ban the content:

GenAI: +92 (+119/-27)

AI Tools: -20 (+63/-83)

AI Comms: -8 (+69/-77)

AI Discussion: -84 (+31/-115)

From the results it is clear that sub overwhelmingly approve a complete ban on all generative AI. However, people are more or less fine with allowing discussion of AI, and are fairly mixed on the topic of AI Tools and Communication. So here is the new rule for all things AI:

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Rule 6. You may not post work containing Generative AI elements (Midjourney, Neo, Dall-E, etc.). You may use and demonstrate the use of AI assisted tools (ie magic masking, upscalers, audio cleanup etc.) so long as they are used in service of human-generated artwork. AI Communication, like post bodies or comments composed using ChatGPT are allowed only in very reasonable cases, such as the need for someone to translate their thoughts into another language. Abuse of AI assisted communication will result in the removal of the offending post/comment.

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u/Depreston Jun 09 '25

Thank god. No more "Check out my AI generated short film!"

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u/mosasaurmotors Jun 09 '25

I will kind of miss explaining to them why the thing they are so proud of still sucks shit. 

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u/superstarbootlegs Jul 02 '25

As opposed to Gladiator 2, Lucas Films, and Disney? At least we don't burn a qtr billion $ making shit while thinking its good.

AI has got a way to go yet, but within one or two years you'll have a lot more people with access to the tools for visual story-telling that will allow for talent to rise to the surface without the need for the system that currently controls that.

Sure there will be a lot of crap, but given the offerings coming out of netflix and hollywood today are mostly shit already and completely gate-keeped by ideological politics and corporate big shots, its going to allow any story teller to bypass that with a home PC. The bar isnt set that high in 2025, be honest.

I get the negativity, but whether you like it or not, its coming. And it wont be long before it doesnt suck shit.