掲示板 Forums - 2026 Kao Coin Contest - Rule preparation

I think a video of the drawing process should be part of the submission. It's not hard for someone working physically to set up a camera at an angle. And AI generated videos are much harder to pass as real than images. Additionally, perhaps add something in the video that would be hard to fake by AI, like scrolling through or showing a large piece of text, as letters usually get deformed in AI generated content. If there's some AI that can make a realistic video in this way and only a few poeple have access to it, I'd say to simply accept the possibility of a few AI generated images making their way, as long as one can demonstrate that it would be only a small part and no user will be able to tell. Maybe make the video proof public too and have a simple reporting system, in case Michael misses something while checking the video.

​I understand your point. Maybe I was not entirely clear. What I am suggesting is a combination of any of the points from 6 to 9, which is why I said “if asked to do so.” :)

However, I don't believe any of those requirements would be too much of a burden for anyone even if all of them were asked to be met since, after all, all that participants are being asked to do is to document different parts of their workflow and creative process as they are working.

Also, perhaps adding a bit of uncertainty to some of the possible requests (what points 6 and 7 are really about), might reduce potential AI submissions on account of the difficulty of having to create random proofs to try to match a non-existent workflow or creative process later on—especially for those that use AI because “it's easier,” as the idea is to make it troublesome for cheaters while keeping it manageable for everyone else.

And since not everyone works in the same way (some artists might not use references or might not work with layers) or with the same setup (some artists might not be able to record a time-lapse video while they work), I believe it's also important to have some flexibility through variety regarding these proofs precisely to avoid restricting participation. And having this variety also makes it easier to detect AI submissions, because although videos, metadata, and even some layered and lossless files can be faked well enough if you know how to do it, having several different types of supporting evidence that should consistently validate a single piece of work is much harder to fake with AI.

For me, having to provide extra proof for any submitted work is absolutely worth it if it means keeping AI slop out of the equation as much as possible and celebrating creativity through 100% human-drawn art.

In any case, I hope that a good set of rules can be created from all of the wonderful ideas posted here so that the Kao-coin contest can go on this year and for many more to come. :)

I agree with others on timelapse as a potential option but with time-lapse getting easier for AI to fake, I think the hardest for them to emulate would be a straight up screen recording (think OBS, free last i checked)

Idk how difficult or prohibitive that would be for those with less robust computers though, but since it captures corrections and the entire process, not just the final brush strokes you kept, it seems like the most failproof option.

At least, ai seems incapable of including the corrections, erasing, redrawing, rotating, zooms, etc. That come with screen recs, that the simple timelapses tend to lack

Perhaps a combination of the two would be an almost garuntee that ai would not be able to render identical processes for both the timelapse and screen rec, something to consider so long as it doesn't barr other artists from participating.