Hey!

We haven't uploaded new stuff a lot recently but lots of filming and editing coming up! But in the meantime, here's some terrible edits of old pics of me, but edited in a gunge tank

These are just for fun, I know they're artificial looking! (Not sure if I should tag as synthetic? But it is actually me getting gunged...)

Will be filming lots soon and we've got things to edit. So lots more coming up! And feel free to enquire about customs too if you wanted

Hope you are all okay! And thank you for those that send nice comments my way in messages and pics and stuff

That's actually an interesting question. The rules say when a photorealistic model is artificially created (by any means, not just by AI) then the work must be tagged synthetic, but doesn't say anything about a situation where the model is 100% real human but the situation is artificially generated. It does say putting a real person's image in a sploshing situation requires full consent and model release, but as the model is yourself you have automatically consented, so you're safe on that score.

Synthetic Content
If you post about or upload media featuring photorealistic models that are computer-generated or deep fakes, you must check the box on the upload form to tag it as synthetic content. The technology used--whether artificial intelligence, Photoshop, or a skilled artist--does not matter. Non-photorealistic illustrations do not need to be tagged synthetic. Computer-generated audio content such as audio books must also be tagged synthetic if it's realistic.

If you upload media featuring the likeness of a real person in a fantasy scenario, that person must be you, your model, or someone who has given consent to use their likeness. We will remove any uploaded media that appears to use a person's likeness without their consent, regardless of whether they're a celebrity or not. At this time we are agnostic about linking to or posting about such content on other web sites, but we may disallow that in the future.

https://umd.net/termsofservice/#deep_fakes

I'll flag this to MM for comment, but from my POV I dion't think it needs to be tagged synthetic under the rules as they stand, as the model is 100% real human.

By that logic, anyone in front of a GreenScreen would be synthetic.
Honestly a Real Person superimposed onto a fake set/background... still a real person.

Least that's how I see it.

Thanks, DM! But, yeah, I think this is all good.

But we just had a conversation...what if the person is real but the mess is synthetic? I think I've seen some photos where the person looks real but the mess looks too perfect for it to be real (usually pie). I might be wrong.

Not that I have have strong feelings, btw. I was asking rhetorically. As long as no one does anything unethical, enjoy the mess

That's the complete opposite of what I said.


I agree with you and that is what I said, with the caveat of asking MM to make a definitive ruling.


Agreed, I see it as an interesting question the current rules don't really address, hence my comments.

I've got to say, I actually really like these Sooty! The important thing is the photos of you are real and the set, as it were, is ai generated - but this can be improved. What you are doing, is effectively placing yourself in a cgi environment, not unlike what they've been doing in movies for the past 25 years! Keep going I say, you are pioneering wam!!!

Technically, every digital image is computer-generated. Modern cameras are starting to use AI to process our images whether we like it or not. What we really want to know is whether the action we're looking at really happened or not, and if it didn't, then that's what the synthetic tag is for. "Synthetic" is the new "deep fake."

If the image was sharpened, or its colors enhanced, or a logo was photoshopped out, that's not really creating an event that didn't happen. But if you take any model, real or fake, and depict them doing something or in a situation that never occurred, that should be marked synthetic.

Note that the synthetic tag is for photorealistic generations. If it's obviously just a photoshop, as IMO these images are, you really don't need to mark it synthetic. We just don't want to be tricked.

Hope that clarifies yall

Ha hardly . But thank you. More terrible photoslop edits for all

As a preference i would prefer to see the pics minus the AI generated gunge tanks