{"id":32041,"date":"2025-11-17T09:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/?p=32041"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T08:22:20","slug":"ai-censorship-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/ai-censorship-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"AI CENSORSHIP: WHEN ALGORITHMS PLAY MORAL POLICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a Single Centimeter Suddenly Becomes \u201cDangerous\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It was just one centimeter.
On the edge.
No scandal, no secret \u2014 simply a missing part of an image.<\/p>\n

I wanted to fix it quickly. Generative fill, done.
Instead I got the message:
\u201cViolates guidelines.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

One centimeter of skin \u2014 and suddenly it\u2019s a threat.<\/p>\n

Pay for It, But Don\u2019t Use It \u2013 Classic AI Censorship<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I pay for my subscription.
Like every landscape photographer.
Like everyone who quietly pays their monthly Adobe tax.<\/p>\n

But I’m not allowed to use it because there\u2019s a person in my photo.
Or more precisely: because that person is naked.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not trying to generate fantasies.
I just want to work: adjust the format, retouch a detail, fix a distraction.
But the moment skin appears, Adobe turns into a moral guardian.
The algorithm blushes before it even thinks.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not protection.
That\u2019s AI censorship<\/strong> pretending to be safety.<\/p>\n

The Ridiculous Workaround<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Of course, you can trick the system.
Duplicate the layer, hide the person, let the AI work, reveal the person again.
A workflow as unnecessary as the filter itself.<\/p>\n

I even called Adobe support.
Their answer was basically:
\u201cThen don\u2019t use it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perfect.
Exactly what you’re paying for.<\/p>\n

Artistic Freedom Isn\u2019t the Problem \u2013 The Stupidity Behind It Is<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This isn\u2019t about sultry art or pornography.
And if someone wants to retouch porn \u2014 let them.
They\u2019re paying for the software.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a moral issue.
It\u2019s a licensing issue.
And the only one who doesn\u2019t understand that is the algorithm.<\/p>\n

AI sees skin and reacts like a nervous church choir.
It confuses intimacy with danger.
As if someone could hurt themselves on a JPG.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not a safety feature.
It\u2019s a technical misfire<\/strong> \u2014 and ultimately: AI censorship.<\/p>\n

Photography vs. Typing \u2013 Two Completely Different Worlds<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I know people who create everything with AI.
Fine. That\u2019s their choice.
But it\u2019s no longer photography \u2014 it\u2019s typing.<\/p>\n

I prefer photographing real people.
But it would be nice if the code didn\u2019t freak out every time a real body appears.<\/p>\n

So Much Morality for One Centimeter<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the end, it\u2019s not a tragedy.
Just annoying.
But typical.<\/p>\n

The machine wants to protect you \u2014 and stops you from working.
Duplicate, hide, run, reveal. Works every time.<\/p>\n

But each time I think:
So much morality, so much logic failure, so much AI censorship<\/strong> \u2014
for a single missing centimeter.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33146,"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32041\/revisions\/33146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin-wieland-arts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}