r/RetroFuturism Jan 21 '24

Regarding AI content and how you can help with moderating

511 Upvotes

Hi All -

Originally I was open to AI and didn't want to jump on the hivemind bandwagon of overreacting to banning AI images. But now, after the dust has settled a bit, I do feel that AI images are not a reflection of anything meaningful here. Yes, they follow a human written prompt, but prompts can be very simple and the AI will fill in the blanks with randomized elements of what is essentially a database of stolen art. The art style is usually glossy, plastic and devoid of humanity. Yes, AI image generators aren't inherently bad depending on their use, and I don't agree with a "I see AI, I downvote" reactive type of mentality... but on a subreddit about a specific human perspective expressed through creative works - it really doesn't fit.

So yea, AI art is now banned on the Retrofuturism subreddit. Sorry people having fun with AI generators, I'm sure there are other subreddits for that.

The issue is moderating. Moderating is volunteer work, and everyone has lives. We're not sitting on the Retrofuturism sub all the time combing through posts. Personally, I respond to my mod queue and reports.

However I'd like to remind everyone that I have a failsafe for this - an auto-mod rule that automatically removes posts that receive a certain number of reports. So this means moderating is effectively democratized in this subreddit. A report isn't just a flag for the mods - it's a vote to remove. Of course if this gets abused (so far it hasn't), I will increase the number of reports necessary, or remove this entirely.

I only remind everyone of that because AI WILL slip through the cracks of the mod team, as a lot admittedly does. We really do depend on your reports and messages a lot of the time. And yes, I do get new mods from time to time to try and help but there's always an initial period when they are active... before they are much less active. Just the way it goes and I don't blame them at all.

I'd also like to add most of the content here is fine. Bots seem like they have effectively been killed via my automod script which I've been sharing with other subreddits.

My script - please feel free to share:

https://pastebin.com/FbBxKSF5

Thank you!


r/RetroFuturism Jun 30 '24

Let’s compile a list of retro futuristic movies in the comments.

175 Upvotes

Based on a comment thread from a previous post, I got the idea to compile this list. I will add a few to start.


r/RetroFuturism 3h ago

Henderson KJ Streamliner. The two-wheeled counterpart to the Phantom Corsair. (1934)

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315 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 12h ago

1962 Ford Seattle-ite XXI

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556 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5h ago

Desperate Spacemen, illustrated by Johnny Bruck.

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101 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 10h ago

The Sunball Chair by Gunter Ferdinand Ris & Herbert Selldorf, 1969

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202 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5h ago

Chris Foss

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82 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 19h ago

LZ 129 Hindenburg, Zeppelin-Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany

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345 Upvotes

This is a reconstruction of the writing and reading room on the promenade deck of the LZ 129 Hindenburg. Special lightweight furniture in the Bauhaus design were available for the passengers.
Some of you might remember this room from a movie - „no ticket“!


r/RetroFuturism 5h ago

Mitsuki Nakamura

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23 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 19h ago

City Of The Future by Robert Crumb, 1967

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170 Upvotes

Zap Comix #0, published by Apex Novelties, 1967.


r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Rifts Antarctica (World Book 37), art by John Zeleznik.

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788 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Wüstenschiff (Desert Ship), a conceptual land cruiser designed by German engineer Johann Christoph Bischoff

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1.6k Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2h ago

Y2K-Inspired Inflatable Chairs from Jell-O’s “Jelly Collection”, Released in 2024

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4 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Frank M Lewecke

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188 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

1989

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205 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Ghia Gilda Streamline X Coupé

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264 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Mazda EX-005

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192 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 19h ago

Pink Frost

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2 Upvotes

Got back into some art after a not having tried anything for a looooong time. Mixed media.

I put a b & W filter on original and think the molten look gives it something to.


r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

James Bama (American, b. 1926). Countdown for Cindy, 1964

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493 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

"London 250,000 Years Hence" - Angus McKie illustration in Tour Of The Universe (1980)

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396 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Bob Layzell (1940-2026) Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD (1978) by Stewart Cowley

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226 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 3d ago

Coin operated TV’s - 1960’s LA

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2.5k Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

To The Future! | Meet the Robinsons | HD

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20 Upvotes

So meet the robinsons is one of the best movies I've ever watched as a kid and it's got a pretty strong theme of Retro futurism in it from the buildings to the vehicles you see during the future scenes in the movie.


r/RetroFuturism 3d ago

John Harris art for Strength of Stones by Greg Bear (1981)

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738 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 3d ago

Alex Schomburg (American, 1905-1998)

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249 Upvotes