The New AI "Artists" PSA Thread

tw: someone in the masterlist posted regarding threatening to self harm/kill themselves in the comments and mentioned their ed. If this triggers you, stay safe and click off if you must! <3

As a reminder, keep all comments complying to the service forum rules. Thank you. If you see yourself on this masterlist and would like to refute it, please comment or pm me. If you have someone(s) to add to the psa but want to remain anonymous, pm me. If anyone starts drama on this thread: report, block, and move on. Please save the thread replies for important matters, not stirring the drama pot.

Hello! Considering what happened to the old ai user masterlist, I thought I'd make a new one!

This masterlist is for any ai "artists" you have come across, whether they be on DeviantArt, Toyhouse, or any other site! Since these people are actively scamming people out of their hard-earned money, there needs to be a list so people can't get scammed. Even if they are using their ai "art" for personal use, they are still hurting actual artists because the ai uses people's uncredited art (for full explanation see here, not my explanation but it explains really well)!

I am aware that the user who made the old psa thread was blackmailed with doxxing, but I have taken measures to prevent that. I will keep this thread open as long as I possibly can. Thanks for the help, everyone!

I will keep this masterlist updated myself with links below. Feel free to ctrl+f to see if a scammer you've found is listed already or not. Thanks!<3

 DEVIANTART:
-DA has a 500 max blocklist, so keep this in mind while blocking
-Use the Tag Blocker on DA (Account Settings -> Browsing -> Muted Tags) You should select "Mute AI" but ALSO you should type in AI tags such as "aiadopt" "aiadoptable" "aiadoptables" "ai_adopt" "ai_art" "ai" "midjourney" "artbreeder" "(insert ai name)"

- Keep watch for tags on like AI/midjourney/Artbreeder/(insert AI name) character tag through character browsing system on TH

Extension:
This can help weed out ai and triggering content, too!
https://rthaut.github.io/deviantART-Filter/

This can sometimes detect ai images (not 100% accurate):

https://hivemoderation.com/ai-generated-content-detection

Before Buying on DA:
- Check account age (AI only gained popularity in 2020ish so, older than that is less likely, HOWEVER, some older artists have turned to AI)
- Check Deviation Count (Submitting many many adopts every day)
- Consider the Deviation's name (If it's a number "Adopt 3838" or generic "Elf Lady Adopt" "Anime Girl Adopt" it should be suspect)
- Check if the comments are turned off. (AI artists receive a lot of hate so they turn these off)
- Check the tags on their adopt (Both when for sale and after sale, some artists will only add "aiadopt" AFTER the sale is made.
- Check profile for any signs of "Ai Artist" (Do they have "AI" in their name? their profile?
- Check disclaimers/journals/tos (Some AI artists will tell you "you understand it's AI")
- Look for "Pity Party" context ( "Woe is me, I'm just a little guy trying to make beautiful adopts, please don't harass me, please just block me!")

- Check the price. Some will overprice, but most will charge $5 for a detailed ref sheet. If it was made by a real person they wouldn't be charging so little.

- If it is an older account, see if their older artworks match what their current style is and if it would be reasonable for their style to have changed so much.

- Do they have more social media rather than dA? Most artists have multiple accounts, but AI artists usually don't.

- "I used ai for inspiration and drew it myself" is a red flag, they almost never drew it themselves (and you can tell)

- "You don´t need to credit me" is another.

- Deleting adopts after they sold is strange, most artists will mark them as sold instead of deleting them.

_{image: https://www.deviantart.com/ivybritlerart/art/No-to-AI-art-941781976 (from a dA group against AI and provides information on why AI is bad)}

Archive of this thread:

https://archive.ph/rhUaF

(please note: some of the evidence/text is copied from the old thread. All credit goes to the OP of the og thread for their efforts before having to shut it down!) <3

(also, sometimes I go through dA and list users and/or groups with ai in them. If I have made a mistake and someone/a group is not affiliated with ai, please let me know! Also, apologies in advance for any duplicate entries!)

da groups: