Our stance on AI-generated content

[Death]

There's been a tremendous trend in AI-generated content in this space, so we felt it was essential to get ahead of it before it spirals out of control. We've seen quite a bit of feedback on our official stance against content made primarily using AI, so before we go full send, we want to make sure we're making the right call.

Our current stance on AI content is as follows: Submissions generated entirely by AI are not allowed. However, AI-assisted content is welcome if it enhances your creative process and that any AI usage is clearly disclosed in your product description.

We've been more lenient towards product thumbnails and free content where we felt the author was making a reasonable effort to learn. With that being said, I personally feel like it's getting out of control, especially for thumbnails. While we likely won't prohibit the use of AI-generated images, we want to set a clear quality threshold so the site doesn't become a wash of generic looking content.

Personally, I feel the biggest concern at the moment is AI-generated plugins, especially those that are paid. I dislike the idea of someone trying to profit from content they did not make, nor are they capable of maintaining outside of their reliance on AI. Full disclosure: I find AI to be extremely helpful, and I use it quite often, but I use it as a tool to improve my process, not completely replace it.

Let us know your thoughts about this. Are we being too harsh, or are we making the right call? This may seem pretty obvious from the perspective of a developer, but that's because we understand the code and know how cooked a lot of these AI-generated plugins are. It would be great to have a consumer perspective.

[IIIaKa]

[Whispers88]

Life is a simulation.......

Aside from this any AI generated thumbnails that have the following should not be allowed:

• spelling or grammer issues
• misrepresent features of the files

Plugins that are over 15% AI generated should not be allowed - With the exception of lang

Documents for and file submission should be formated and be relevant to the file submitted, covering basics like commands, permission and features.

 

Also you owe me $5

[OfflineGotOfflined]

100% AGREED WITH DEATH.

AI should only be allowed to use as a tool to assist the devs, not to rely on it completely. 

[NooBlet]

2 minutes ago, Whispers88 said:

Also you owe me $5

Wait what ... i do not . but yea agree AI as tool ,can be helpful to learn something you did not know . but complete works .... mmmm  nope

[IIIaKa]

Agree with AI-generated code.
Regarding AI-generated images: I use them for cover designs in some of my plugins because maintaining my plugins already takes a lot of time. I think it would be reasonable to establish some design guidelines, but banning AI-generated images entirely doesn’t seem necessary.

[badgyver]

I humbly give ((MY OPINION)), I hope it will help you.

I am totally against using artificial intelligence to create a product and put it on sale.
I think that selling a product generated by artificial intelligence is a scam and a lack of respect for customers, the customer is looking for an original product, I am a customer too and I ask myself: Why am I going to pay for something that can be generated by artificial intelligence?

Call me an ‘old person in the way of thinking’, but I think that if you want something you have to make an effort.

The same I think about the procedural custom maps that are for sale, but that's another topic that I won't comment out of politeness and respect, everyone is free to do the best they think is best for them.

Greetings to all.

[Swampy]

Ai generated pics i am ok with but all plugins paid or free should have some human input, enough to at least repair and maintain its functionality

Otherwise we would all  just be using AI and not be concerned about the end user and their experience, cost or codeflings reputation on selling a reliable product.

pics OK

plugins/mods NO

[HIKMET]

I am against you rejecting AI. Sometimes it helps us with things we don't understand. Or when there is an update, sometimes the code gives an error. I used to work on a problem for 2-3 days. Now with AI, the problem is solved as quickly as possible in 2-3 hours. The main thing is to work on the code accurately and the result is important to the server owners. Whether it was developed by AI or was written by a person with his own hands, it is still important to them how the code was created and its functions.

[Death]

10 minutes ago, HIKMET said:

I am against you rejecting AI. Sometimes it helps us with things we don't understand. Or when there is an update, sometimes the code gives an error. I used to work on a problem for 2-3 days. Now with AI, the problem is solved as quickly as possible in 2-3 hours. The main thing is to work on the code accurately and the result is important to the server owners. Whether it was developed by AI or was written by a person with his own hands, it is still important to them how the code was created and its functions.

As a server owner myself, knowing the only way you were able to solve an issue is with AI, and it still took you 2-3 hours, is a bit concerning. At that point, I would question who's actually doing the work, and why would I pay you to do it if I could just make the prompts myself?

[HIKMET]

2 minutes ago, Death said:

Men o'zim server egasi sifatida muammoni hal qilishning yagona yo'li sun'iy intellekt ekanligini bilish va bu sizga hali ham 2-3 soat vaqtni oladi, bu biroz tashvishli. O'sha paytda men bu ishni aslida kim bajarayotganini so'ragan bo'lardim va agar men o'zim ko'rsatmalarni o'zim qila olsam, nega buni qilish uchun sizga pul to'layman?

I'm also against using full artificial intelligence, but sometimes you have to get help.

[Death]

2 minutes ago, HIKMET said:

I'm also against using full artificial intelligence, but sometimes you have to get help.

This seems like a contradiction, though, since you said you disagreed with rejecting AI submissions, implying that most of it was made using AI. Using AI to help is not an issue, as reflected in our guidelines. Before AI, I was dual-wielding Google tabs like a crack head.

[HIKMET]

2 minutes ago, Death said:

Bu qarama-qarshilik kabi ko'rinadi, chunki siz sun'iy intellekt taqdimotlarini rad etish bilan rozi emasligingizni aytdingiz, bu uning aksariyat qismi AI yordamida qilinganligini anglatadi. Yordam berish uchun sun'iy intellektdan foydalanish bizning ko'rsatmalarimizda aks ettirilganidek muammo emas.

Sorry, I don't know English and I'm talking to you using Google Translate and I may not have understood your request correctly. I'm not reading your words grammatically right now. Google Translate is translating it in a literary and somewhat incomprehensible way. If I'm not expressing my opinion correctly, please forgive me

 

[Cr7ytpo]

Using AI to improve, learn, and assist with problem-solving is totally fine.

But generating a full plugin purely with AI without knowing how to edit or fix it in the future is a disaster waiting to happen.

AI should enhance skills, not replace them.

For generating images, though, it's completely fine as long as quality stays high and commented as (AI Generated) a possible idea to add.

[CupsOhJoe]

I'm fine with AI help, I just finished 3 course on C# through University of Phoenix, and sometimes still need some memory jogging. But full AI plugin seems like it would not be great as what if FP changes something or OXIDE/Carbon. AI is not up to date, how is a Pure AI project going to be supported.

Edited 5 minutes ago by CupsOhJoe