I think mess master should create a AI only Forum.
I'm not a fan of AI if it isn't real I don't want to know about it. Models and producers go to a lot of effort to produce REAL content.
So keep your AI out of the main messy forum please

Yes I agree

I think this is a fine idea.

Total agree

There is one already, I think this is more an issue of miss posting. That said, you can always use the tag to hide them
As an aside, I post quite a bit of AI content and whilst I don't share your hatred, I do agree content should be posted to the correct areas.

I can't tell if you are genuinely angry or if it just reads that way. I don't think AI images prevent people buying or enjoying real content.

There's lot of stuff that I don't like that I don't want to see, and Messmaster's answer has always been to block the user, or use the filters that are already implemented.

You could perhaps encourage users to post their AI content in the AI wam group.

I 100% agree with the dislike of AI pictures, but the Natural/Synthetic ok tab does a good enough job. I only see AI pictures in comments now, and that is very rare.
Seeing as how much effort it could take to set up another forum I think the selector is a good alternative and has been working fine for a few months now...(unless I'm totally wrong and a new forum is easy? No idea, I still write with a fountain pen).

There is a separate AI group, which is here: https://umd.net/groups/group/ai-wam

However there is no requirement to post things in groups, if they are also on-topic for one of the main forums.

Best way to avoid seeing AI images if you don't like them is to change the "Synthetic OK" setting (top right on a PC) to "Natural". That should then block all correctly tagged synthetic content, regardless of where it is posted.

You can filter AI content using the provided synthetic filter. If there is anything improperly marked, report it and it will be marked accordingly.

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that it doesn't fit within the themes of this forum and the interests of others.

Also, as someone who actively trains models to make bespoke AI images of what I like, they are no replacement for real models and producers. The knowledge that the person on your screen is real does mean something.

I wouldn't expect AI images to supplant human created ones because they don't contain that element of humanity. They're more of a separate medium for exploration in the same way that WAM stories are.

On the other hand, I could definitely see AI generated stories supplanting human ones since both are synthetic and there is no element of a real human experiencing something.

This just shows that most people don't know about the "groups", since there's already a dedicated AI space there

https://umd.net/groups/group/ai-wam

It's been quiet lately -- there's actually a thread on this there. I blame the increased censorship of the public AIs (people mostly use Bing).