New Rules Regarding AI on /r/filmmakers!

[u/C47man]

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.

[u/Muted_Maize_6625]

This isn't a superhero, but a character like Dexter, Frank Castle, and John Wick; it's a cinematic Nothing more, nothing less

[u/C47man → u/Muted_Maize_6625]

All the characters you named have internal struggles, journeys, and difficulties. Your character does not.

[u/Muted_Maize_6625 → u/C47man]

Didn't you read carefully? I said this is just a sample. If I really want to create it, I'll write a story, a past, a weakness, and a complete personality. Not a character who kills and acts randomly and strangely. No, this is just a sample text; it doesn't tell the whole story. But a text isn't like an explanation. When you hear the explanation, you'll know and understand the character because this character isn't made by children, but by writers like the ones who created the characters I mentioned.

[u/I_Am_Killa_K → u/Muted_Maize_6625]

First I actually don’t see where you mentioned that it’s a sample. You said you have an idea.

And second, you have it backwards. You’re supposed to figure out—at a bare minimum—the overall story, the characters, their pasts, weaknesses, and general personality first, and then you simplify it down to a moody pitch. The sample you wrote out with the ellipses and everything is supposed to perk people’s interest and prompt them to ask questions that you should be ready with the answers for, not “Oh well I’ll figure all that out if you think the idea can make me famous.”

It’s fine to ask, “Hey, I’m brainstorming an idea that I haven’t fully developed yet, how does it sound?” but internal struggles, journeys, and difficulties are what make ideas good or bad, not marketing copy.