r/RetroFuturism Jan 21 '24

Regarding AI content and how you can help with moderating

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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.

154 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 12h ago

Found this in a west german picture encyclopaedia for kids from 1988 but the pictures could be older

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r/RetroFuturism 14h ago

My continued work in progress (My Unfinished Office Diorama)

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I’ve added additional buildings and began expanding the eastern part of the dystopian skyline. Would love to hear what you think. Thank you so much for all the compliments on my last post.🙏🏼


r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

PMI-TRC-4: a rare do-all 1983 prototype; ASCII artwork by me

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r/RetroFuturism 10h ago

Floating City

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This is an actual concept. From the description: As sea levels rise, imperiling coastal communities, one form of mitigation will be offshore floating cities. What kinds of innovative, resilient, multi-modal planning will engineers need to do to take on the rising water? The Floating City leverages innovations in ocean engineering to create an urban system that operates in symbiosis with its surrounding ecology both above and below the surface.

In full disclosure, I despise the META company who owns this concept, and I doubly despise that they’re cashing in on an avoidable disaster. The floating city, however, tickles my imagination.


r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

Futuristic City According to Omni

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r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

If you're on the water.html

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r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Ray Gun Gallery

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Weapons were a lot cooler in the retrofuture.


r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Garage by artist Tom Hisbergue

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r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

MechArachnide by artist Tom Hisbergue

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r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Piece I made for a client

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r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

Airliner Number 4, 1929-32

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511 Upvotes

"Airliner Number 4 was a design by Norman Bel Geddes and Otto A. Koller for a 9-deck amphibious passenger aircraft intended to replace the large transatlantic liners that traveled between Europe and North America before the Second World War. It was never built." – Wikipedia


r/RetroFuturism 3d ago

Sharp_PC-G850V.ITAN

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r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

Retrofuturism is the main inspiration of the art I make

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591 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

NASA’s 1965 Space Suit Test Robot

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r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

I make retrofuturistic tech designs completely made out of text

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565 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

Retrofuturism inspired Lego ship, how'd I do with the aesthetic?

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r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

Retro rocket illustration

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r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

James Bond gets a text message (The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977)

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r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

An mmpr communicator watch!

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r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

1956 Mercury XM Turnpike Cruiser concept photo and video.

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MyClassicCarTV video of the XM TPC today – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mezw8rK9pb8


r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

1939 New York World's Fair Westinghouse Electric Building postcard.

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r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Charles Schridde’s ‘House of the Future’

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r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

1939 New York World's Fair Transportation Building Rocket Port postcard.

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r/RetroFuturism 7d ago

"1962 Seattle World's Fair Preview" brochure cover.

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r/RetroFuturism 7d ago

1956-57 Ford concept for its cancelled Stylerama automobile exhibit.

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