One of our judges actually did a scan of all the art entries and came back with a result of zero AI generated arts.
Nice to know, such effort is highly appreciated to have check all submissions if abuse via KI has happened.
And nice to see your local board is very honest.
I ran the winner's artwork through numerous AI image detectors and the results were 100% human; I had my doubts after seeing the water glass surface on the artwork, but I was wrong; it's some bad ass digital paints.
Such efforts should be rewarded, but unfortunately, we do not have a merit source yet, and it is tough to get requests granted here. We have too many people to not have a merit source who understands the culture.
Great efforts guys, I'm currently out of Smerits to give out.
