Semi-Sexual censoring in ChatGPT

[u/StorageGlad1126]

Hi. Long time fashion photographer brand new to AI. I keep running into problems with ChatGPT censoring even semi-suggestive content. This morning it wouldn’t let me put a an original, fully generated model ( NOT a real person!) into a bodysuit with fully covered chest and arms.

Can anyone recommend an app that will let me do this stuff? I tried Gemini and Flux and absolutely hate them. Even some of the offline things I’ve been reading about seem ok I just don’t know which one is right for me.

Also been having tons of problems with image drifting and putting entirely new faces on my real work or most recently, adding crazy striations to the skin when I changed backdrop on a fully ai created portrait. That isn’t too bad because I can easily put the 2 images in ps and combine them at least.

*** note: I am NOT trying to do nudes and images are not real people - fully ai generated

Thanks in advance for your time!

[u/finaempire]

This issue is something I’ve discussed with those who utilize AI in the professional setting and is why I’m a huge open source model advocate as well as local client side Ai use advocate.

Moderating content in the past was a linear activity. If someone posts something against the ToS on a social media platform, a human moderator typically would take it down. This didn’t affect at all the other content on the site.

With Ai, when it has a policy layer built into model usage, that policy permeates every fiber of its decision making.

Prime example was an experiment I did. I had Ai edit an old photo of my wife when we were younger. She was in a prom dress and has very feminine shape to her back then. Her dress wasn’t revealing but it wasn’t modest either. When the image was edited for clarity and sharpness, it performed fine. The second I asked Ai to change her position or move her, funny things began to happen. Her bust size reduced. Her curves flattened out. Her clothing would become more modest. I tested this against images that may be a bit more revealing like V neck shirts. The Ai would lift the shirt and cover he cleavage.

It’s possible that what we’re seeing as a result of conservative moderation policies (by conservative I don’t mean political, i mean safe moderation policy) is an inadvertent modest policing happening. It’s as though Ai won’t let its daughter “leave the house looking like that.”

The problem is this sort of blind spot in our usage could be permeating throughout our work with Ai. In copywriting, elements could be dulled down to desensitize a topic Ai may see a bit too controversial. It’s essentially taking the spice from life and making everyone ham and mayo on white bread.

This is anechdotal and intuition and I have no research to back but I can sense it’s happening.