Poll: Do you think that AI videos posted in the Lounge should be identified as such?

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73 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Poll closed
	Yes, AI videos should be identified as such.
	71 (97%)
	No, AI videos don't need to be identified as such.
	0 (0%)
	It doesn't matter to me, either way is fine.
	1 (1%)
	Other (please elaborate)
	1 (1%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[SeattleVet]

1. Not just in the DU Lounge...

*ALL* AI videos should be tagged as such. Shit's getting good enough to actually fool a lot of people, and here I think that we want to be more of a reality-based forum.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Yup

And I feel strongly that AI videos that are false representations of actual events should be banned.

[sl8]

4. I completely agree.

I had limited this poll to Lounge posts because someone suggested that it wasn't necessary to label AI videos as such in the Lounge, but I think that the same standard should absolutely apply to posts in other forums.

[debm55]

3. I think this needs to be taken to the Help forum to talk to Steve. Earl or someone with more power then we have. As an

former Art teacher , I understand the concern. However, I don't feel it is our responsibility to make the call, we can avoid the posts. But to be honest I did not know it was AI. I enjoyed it. Is there a link to more information. Finally, I feel that this would have been handled through a private DU mail or the powers that be to include a ban on all AI videos. It seems that AI has been taken out of Pandora's box and it is going to very difficult to get it back in, JMO

[sl8]

6. I'm not asking for or suggesting a ban or that any mandatory actions be taken.

I started this poll to get a sense of what other members thought about whether or not AI videos should be labelled as such. I was beginning to think that a lot of people didn't care, judging by the number of recs a lot of these AI posts get, even after someone points out that it's AI in the comments. Of course, not everyone necessarily looks at the comments.

[True Dough]

5. I wouldn't watch American Idol videos anyway.

And artificial insemination shouldn't be posted here.

[progressoid]

7. I think there was a forum for that

but it might have been retired.

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1317

[True Dough]

8. Seekers on Unique Paths forum, you mean?

[progressoid]

9. Hello seeker! Now don't feel alone here in the New Age, because there's a seeker born every minute.

[sl8]

10. Thank you to everyone that participated in the poll. nt

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[Wounded Bear]

11. I don't click on many posts with the red square anyway...

Sorry, don't have time to watch all those vids, real or fake.

[Ptah]

12. Maybe we should require all 'Photoshopped' images to be labeled.

[GP6971]

13. Locking per Host's Consensus.

If this is a suggestion you wish to bring up, please post it in DU Community Help so that EarlG will see it.

Thank you