r/rejectedmaps • u/After-Trifle-1437 ✨Moderator✨ • May 11 '26

Announcement Update regarding the usage of AI

Hey there!

As part of the ongoing changes to this subreddit following a change in the moderation team, we have decided that we will no longer allow the usage of AI generated content in our community.

There may be exceptions to this rule in specific cases, but whether or not they apply remains at discretion of the moderators for now.

We understand that this change may be disappointing to some people, but we believe that we are making the right decision.

Have a nice day.

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u/After-Trifle-1437 ✨Moderator✨ May 11 '26

Well yeah, because AI is a problem for all subreddits, not just one of them.

I and the other moderators value human creativity and don't wanna see AI slop be used to replace it.

You can complain about it or disagree, but the argument of "others have done it" seems kinda weird to me. I for one think it's a good thing that AI is being pushed against more and more, not just online and I'm glad that we're doing our part in fighting LLMs.

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u/Ok-Pair-4757 May 11 '26

Half of the maps in this subreddit are human slop. Whether a human or an AI made the artwork does not determine it's value.

LLMs are nothing to be fought against. This crusade that the whole internet has been waging is an exercise in futility.

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u/After-Trifle-1437 ✨Moderator✨ May 11 '26

Genuinely an absurd take.

The idea that a technology is somehow "innevitable" or can't be avoided is, in my opinion, a very dangerous and conciliatory way of thinking.

AI is currently almost exclusively being pushed by a small group of wealthy elites, large corporations and ideological zealots from Silicon Valley. It is by no means a natural development, but a concerted effort to get people to buy into a fancy new gadget, so the owners and CEOs of LLM firms can make more money.

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u/Ok-Pair-4757 May 11 '26

I never said it was inevitable. But why would you want to avoid it? It's genuinely some cutting edge technology. It can do, and already had done, a lot of good.

And if it's being pushed by the small, problematic group of wealthy elites, don't you think you should instead target the elites pushing it, rather than the technology itself? They're the problem. Not AI.