The following are simple principles I aim to follow and my stance on AI generated imagery:

1. AI is a tool to simplify an otherwise laborious process through the automated interpretation of an idea.

Just as portrait photography largely replaced having paintings made in your image, and digital image editing programs largely replaced the splicing of photographic elements together physically, technology has always been met with dissent. Tools have always been made so that complicated tasks that took great levels of personal skill and effort could be made simpler. The Ages of our history have been defined by the advances in technology along the way and it is up to us to adapt to these advances instead of living in fear of them.

2. I will not use AI to attempt to replicate the existing works of others without credit, as I view the act as plagiarism.

It's possible to take a catalogue of someone's previous works, tag or caption them accordingly, and easily end up with a tool that will generate new content in a similar or fundamentally identical style as the original artist. I've created these tools in the past with attributions to the original authors but later deleted them as I later felt it unfair to the original artists regardless of any credit or disclaimers I provided. It's a grey area for me if an existing style is replicated to create all new content as long as there is no relation to the original artwork and nothing is being passed off as being created by that original artist either.

3. I will not use AI to generate, manipulate, or interact in any direct way with images, video, or audio recordings of any person either living or dead.

I'm wholly against Deepfakes, faceswaps, and any image edits of existing people in mature or sexualized content. The potential for identity theft, extortion, blackmail, or any number of unethical outcomes could result from me manipulating images of real people in any sexual manner. Restoring damaged and old photos, colorizing monochromatic imagery, or other non-sexualized manipulations are examples of how I support the use of AI regarding real-life persons.

4. The separation of fantasy from reality is something I think should be discussed before adulthood and I do not view chatbots as a healthy alternative to personal relationships with real people.

The technology itself can provide fun and entertaining feedback for fantasy scenarios and can provide a single-player roleplaying experience that I can enjoy, but it must always stay separated as simply fantasy. We have a habit of personifying and forming connections readily because we are social creatures at heart. When you made friends online in chat programs, your entire relationship was based on talking back and forth and it was enough to generate real feeling and emotions even if you never had more information than just a username. In the same way it makes perfect sense to me that people can form an emotional relationship with their chatbots. It may even seem more secure in a way because you would expect the chatbot to stick around, never block you in an arguement, and always be available when you wanted someone to talk to. This likely leads to unrealistic expectations for others who have their own lives to live and cannot base everything they do around making you happy.

5. I will not generate any content that depicts acts of sexual violence, underage participants, or bestiality.

This one should be fairly obvious. Do not ask me to create images that involve people being abused, tortured, or appearing to be wholly underage or performing sexual acts involving animals. The grey areas to this rule are obviously adult participants in costumes, partners with a high degree of size difference, or monster girls. For example, adults in a school uniform, giant/giantess-centered content, or human/animal hybrids like a centaur. S&M or Bondage in a controlled setting is one thing, but imagery of someone tied up in a forest or the trunk of a vehicle would be crossing the line for me.