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Originally Posted by Turtle
To start with, I don't understand what "Stable Diffusion" is. The thread was reported as being faked images (yes, rule 18) and deleted.
It does look a fun program or bit of software to use and may have been placed better in the free sites section (is it free?).
Maybe some of the other mods would have other ideas on whether it would be OK to post or not.
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Turtle,
the program in question, and others like it, use machine learning and an artificial intelligence neural network to generate images and art based off of input from a user. So, for example, I'd type something like "Huge old bazongas, I mean real big floppy donkers, on naked chicks dancing." and the site would return an image of exactly that created by the algorithm.
I'm torn here, it's original artwork so it's no different than asking a person to say paint the image and displaying what you get, but it's also generally made up of bits and pieces of other images from a MASSIVE database of bits so it's kind of like using photoshop to make an image. I think that the original intent of the "no photoshop" rule, when paired as it is with "no fakes" is to avoid making faked images of a nude from a clothed image i.e. pasting a head onto another body as
was so often caught by everyone's favorite mod Seal prior to his no longer being with us. However, where I'm worried is that this type of technology is also used in the "nudify"-type algorithms that use the same neural networks to do exactly that type of faking (just way, way better) and it's a bit of a close call.
I think that the best option would to either create a new subcategory for "original artwork" that doesn't violate rule 18, which would allow forum members to share their creations with one another, or to allow a link to the site in the "links" section, keeping in mind that while people could play with the program, they'd not be able to see each others creations.
- Pat