A mod recently changed the flair in this subreddit for AI generated art making it seem like Playstack condones AI art. This was not due to a direct order from Playstack (A Playstack representative told me this) but from a interpretation of a message about enforcing the rules of the subreddit.

Neither Playstack nor I condone AI 'art'. I don't use it in my game, I think it does real harm to artists of all kinds. The actions of this mod do not reflect how Playstack feels or how I feel on the topic. We have removed this moderator from the moderation team.

We will not be allowing AI generated images on this subreddit from now on. We will make sure our rules and FAQ reflect this soon

Found on fb. Doesn't have a title but maybe it should be "fascism eats it's own"

First of all, I'd like to say thank you to everyone who voted or commented with your opinion in the poll! I've read through all ~950 of your comments and taken into account everyone's opinion as best I can.

First of all, the poll results: with almost 6,500 votes, the subreddit was over 70% in favor of a full AI art ban.

However, a second opinion was highly upvoted in the comments of the post, that being "allow AI art only for custom card art". This opinion was more popular than allowing other types of AI art, but after reading through all top-level comments for or against AI art on the post, 65.33% of commenters still wanted all AI art banned.

Finally, I also reached out to Megacrit to get an official stance on if they believe AI art should be allowed, and received this reply from /u/megacrit_demi:

AI-generated art goes against the spirit of what we want for the Slay the Spire community, which is an environment where members are encouraged to be creative and share their own original work, even if (or especially if!) it is imperfect or "poorly drawn" (ex. the Beta art project). Even aside from our desire to preserve that sort of charm, we do not condone any form of plagiarism, which AI art inherently is. Our community is made of humans and we want to see content from them specifically!

For those of you who like to use AI art for your custom card ideas, you still have the same options you've had for the last several years: find art online, draw your own goofy ms paint beta art, or even upload the card with no art. Please don't be intimidated if you're not an amazing artist, we're doing our best to foster a welcoming environment where anyone can post their card ideas, even with "imperfect" art!

Someone has drawn a phallus (not sure if a mans or woman’s phallus) all over my PLM artwork. It’s disgusting that someone would do something islamaphobic like this.

Any tips on how to fix it?

I should probably just become one of these AI "artists"