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by matheusmoreira 19 days ago
> I think someone should start a community online where AI isnt allowed.

That's lobsters I guess. AI posts got banned there after a 300+ comment discussion, probably the biggest ever on the site.

The exact rule the moderators settled on was "meaningful human authorship" but don't be fooled: a lot of people on lobsters are ideologically opposed to LLMs. Doesn't matter how "meaningfully" the technology was applied. My work was classified as slop simply because AI touched it. People referred to me as an exhibitionist and fetishist when I talked about using AI. Just a heads up for anyone who's thinking of joining.

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on my way!
I like the Lobsters stance on AI. Also posts are tagged hence you can decide for yourself if the topic may be interesting despite being touched by AI.

I haven't found a way to join Lobsters yet hence for the meantime I keep posting here only. Not so much of an issue since I am mostly a happy lurker.

Here's the lobsters stance in case anyone is wondering:

https://lobste.rs/s/29pm2f/llm_generated_submissions_should_...

TL;DR Plenty of ideological opposition which will loudly call you out for any usage of AI, and also quite a few nuanced takes which will no doubt be overridden by the vocal opposition. It got to the point the site itself told me to leave.

I don't feel comfortable posting my projects there anymore, even though they do have meaningful human authorship. Still have my account, but I'm essentially a lurker now. I'll participate if someone else independently posts my stuff there.

Feel free to reach out and introduce yourself if you want an invite.