It’s a sad state of the world that this is now a worry.
I think the best alternative as one of the examples you posted is either progress pictures of the piece or a time lapse of it being created.
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Exactly. Truly sad. And I'm confident most users will respect the rules, specially if they have to provide evidence of previous works (on public profiles) and they are proud of their work. The thing is... how do you know when AI is getting harder to spot?
Do you make it a rule to include hands or whatever in the art? That's just a crazy and almost funny idea, but one that at some point won't even matter. So previous work and, yes, progress pics or videos, are what I can think of. The other option could be to just admit that it is inevitable to have some bad apples and deal with it as long as it's a minority.
Progress pictures are the way to go. Everything else can be faked - accounts can be bought, and voting can be rigged. Progress pictures are much harder to fake.
Those were my thoughts. Now I'm also thinking of making it mandatory to include a piece of paper or whatever with the username written on it and have it show by the artwork on the progress photos. That could add a layer of complexity for the fakers.
The sad part is that all these will make the submitting process slower and more tedious, but that's the world we live in. But I guess artists will understand.