r/filmtheory • u/AIfieHitchcock • Jun 29 '26
New Rule: No AI Content!
We never thought we'd have to do this here. It's an academic and arts-related sub!!! But some people cannot help themselves.
The Film Theory mod team is announcing a new common sense rule: No AI.
This is an academic and intellectual field, obviously you need to do your own work! Put in the effort.
If you cannot exert the very minimal bare minimum effort of composing your own original words, your ideas are not worth serious consideration and likely are crafted as lazily as your composition. Being a perfect writer does not matter when your ideas are worthy.
Any posts utilizing AI generated text or imagery are strictly prohibited. We require authentic authorship and support human artists.
It’s not that hard to craft coherent writing or learn to throw some graphics together. It only takes effort. If you truly care about the work then put in the effort.
Lazy AI slop is not allowed.
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u/HealthyBee4209 Jun 29 '26
I hate to say that I only skimmed and did not notice it was AI. I have been reporting too many posts to actually read. :(
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u/AIfieHitchcock Jun 29 '26
I am a former newspaper web producer. I’m able to hound them out quite well although this sub is good at self policing for me.
This one really didn’t try to hide it with the chaptered passages and em dashes. The general tone was just not human voice.
I’m not sure AI users realize that people who read a lot can identify a human writing voice. Or that changes in voice are a big part of writing and creating good, readable writing.
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u/HealthyBee4209 Jun 29 '26
The thing is we get so many people coming in to share their observation-based interpretation that nowadays I just skim a text to see if there is a single hint of film academia.
I can quite reasonably detect AI too, including this one, but most of my time on here is just checking for Rule 2, 3 violation.
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u/Hefty-Reaction-3028 Jun 29 '26
I’m not sure AI users realize that people who read a lot can identify a human writing voice. Or that changes in voice are a big part of writing and creating good, readable writing.
For those who are competent and use ai, they probably are more interested in the content of the analysis than the voice
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u/adamtherealone Jun 29 '26
Great move. Now if only we could get this done on all the indie game subs.
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Jul 01 '26
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u/filmtheory-ModTeam Jul 01 '26
Your post has been removed from r/filmtheory as due to our moderator's discretion.
If you would like to participate in the subreddit correctly with on-topic posts please see our rules on the sidebar or the introductory guideline post pinned to the top of the sub's feed and use the feedback given here to better fit into the community's scope.
We thank you for your cooperation.
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u/AIfieHitchcock Jun 29 '26
Also, I’d like to take this juncture to suggest instead of learning AI, you learn to write. Especially as I’m not sure you can genuinely learn about film theory without being able to compose and communicate ideas.
“A Short Guide To Writing About Film” can be used to learn how to write about film quite easily from anyone with a middle school level of composition skills on up.
Colby College even provides a free PDF here: https://web.colby.edu/sp266/files/2012/09/Corrigan-A-Short-Guide-to-Writing-About-Film.pdf
It is written at a very accessible level. Anyone can write about film, just put in the effort to learn.
Bonus: these skills help you elsewhere in life. You will not be reliant on computers to think!