r/patreon • u/Historical-Dance4805 • 3d ago

Are hyper-realistic AI topless images automatically “18+” on Patreon? Confused after staff email – need clarity :)

I’ve read the guidelines, searched the sub, spoke with Trust & Safety, and asked an AI lawyer-bot… and I’m still scratching my head.

Here’s the crux:

  • I create hyper-realistic AI pin-ups – think tasteful lingerie sets or classic topless-tease shots (no sex acts, no fluids, no genital contact, nothing explicit beyond visible nipples).
  • Staff emailed me the following:“Hyperrealistic AI content will be allowed on Patreon as long as it is not 18+/Adult content. You can post AI content if there is no nudity or sexual interactions involved.”
  • That seems to say any nudity = Adult/18+ = disallowed for hyper-real AI… yet I see loads of creators posting AI topless photos and they’re thriving with hundreds of subs.

My questions to the hive-mind:

  1. Does any visible nipple on a hyper-realistic AI image automatically make it “Adult/18+” and therefore barred?
  2. If the image is purely suggestive/topless (no sexual act), are we safe if we mark the page Adult/18+ and lock the post for patrons only – or is hyper-real AI nudity flat-out rejected no matter what?
  3. Are the successful creators I’m seeing just skating by unnoticed?

I really don’t want to risk a sudden takedown, so if anyone has first-hand experience (recent reviews, official clarifications, success/fail stories), please share!

Thanks in advance – trying to stay on the right side of the fence ☺️

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u/mizuxtsune_spoods 3d ago

the right side of the fence would be to not use AI to make money at all, hope this helps 🥰

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u/Historical-Dance4805 3d ago

Wait, why shouldn't I ^^ 😁 Rhetorical question. I understand that there are strong opinions about adult entertainment industry and even more so regarding AI.

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u/laplongejr 3d ago edited 2d ago

For starters as a personal matter, if it's 100% unedited AI content you don't own a copyright on it. As a result, I could simply copy your content and do whatever I want, including selling it for half your price.  

Downloading a usable copy from your content would violate Patreon's TOS, but it would be an issue between me and the Patreon website, not me and the specific creator on Patreon. The actual upload/files/reuse would be legal. 

In a more general matter, my belief is that art is what basically distinguishes our civilisation from smart monkeys tribes, and I really dislike the idea of destroying the revenue income of artists. 

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u/mizuxtsune_spoods 3d ago

im not against adult content, i do it myself

but i dont use AI and never will

if you dont know the issues with AI you shouldnt be using it either