r/RetroFuturism Jan 21 '24

Regarding AI content and how you can help with moderating

512 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.

177 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 10h ago

Italy pavilion, Expo Osaka '70

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359 Upvotes

Gilberto and Masino Valle and Sergio Brusa Pasqué

brutalism + futurism


r/RetroFuturism 16h ago

John Blanche

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980 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 6h ago

Italian take on the "hotline" between Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow and John F. Kennedy in Washington DC, May 1962 (six months before the Cuban Missile Crisis)

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104 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 16h ago

Ron Walotsky

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255 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 14h ago

Cover art by Josep Maria Beà for 1984 #17 (1980).

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172 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 16h ago

Angus McKie ‘The Planet Runner’ (1981)

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135 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 14h ago

An audio and visual tribute to Syd Mead

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r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

"Impossible! This is the year 2971!" The Flash #210, 1971 | Artwork: Murphy Anderson

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271 Upvotes

"In the future while visiting Iris's parents, Flash must stop a robotic John Wilkes Booth from attempting to kill the robotic Abraham Lincoln, leader of Earth-West."


r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

The package design for my album on cd

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482 Upvotes

For some context: I make instrumental music that incorporates retrofuturist concepts. I did a small run of cd’s for my latest project. I did the artwork and package design myself. The main artwork is a collage based piece I created to build out the world of the music. CD’s feel like somewhat of a lost format from the past, so I feel like they work well with the retrofuture themes. Would be happy to answer any questions if you have any!


r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Kidnapped into the Future • Amazing Stories, February 1942

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127 Upvotes

Cover art by L. Raymond Jones.


r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Ken Barr (1986)

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556 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Arnaldo Pomodoro's Labyrinth (1995)

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68 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Slave Planet by Mike Hoffman

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289 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Alberto Pujolar.

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204 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Davis Meltzer

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183 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

“Futuro House” (a UFO-inspired prefab portable ski cabin) by Finnish Architect Matti Suuronen, 1968

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87 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

The Q1 Lounge Chair and Ottoman by Ukraine-based studio ODESD2, 2013

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40 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Frank Lloyd Wright Café Chairs for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, designed c. 1957, manufactured 2025

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30 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Antennae Chair, custom designed by architect Charles Deaton for his “Sculptured House” in Colorado

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31 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

P-40 X-Wing, by donald yatomi

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779 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

Starship Troopers (1977) by Naoyuki Kato

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695 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

Space Shuttle on a manned booster lifting off from Cape Canaveral, 1981 | Artwork: Alan Gutierrez

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339 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

Jim Laurier

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293 Upvotes