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It seems there is recent support to change our generative AI policy. We currently do allow content that has been generated by AI, so long as it is clearly referenced/cited. We also (based off of Meta posts), want any AI content verified and/or tested by the contributor of said content, in addition to it being referenced.

...At the same time, there is a proposal on the linked Meta that has a significant amount more upvotes, and that proposal is to to disallow the use of AI generated content entirely.

Thus, should we change our generative AI policy to a flat out ban? We will use the votes on this meta to gather a consensus, and take action accordingly.

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    I mean, if I asked a question and got an AI generated answer (that might be wrong), I would be pretty annoyed. Commented Nov 17 at 15:55
  • Just wondering, how do you plan to make this work with the even more blatant intent the company seem to have to shovel-horn generated question/answers on the system? Suppose the company decides to simply push one of the features they are testing on SO and other sites here, no question asked. Are we talking about banning some that was output by an official network feature? Just to be clear, I am simply wondering if this will be even feasible following the recent ToS update Commented Nov 17 at 16:38
  • Such change seems something the company would do if they were getting ready to push some AI generation content on the network regardless how the various sites userbase feel about it. Commented Nov 17 at 16:42
  • I think that's not worth worrying about in this context. The current issue we are actually dealing with is answers posted by users using third-party GenAI tools. A shift in site functionality would probably require a re-evaluation of policy no matter what choice we make here. Commented Nov 17 at 19:37

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Vote this answer up if you're in favor of a ban. Vote it down if you want to keep the current policy.

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    To be fair, I don't mind the current policy, if an AI-generated answer is properly referenced and tested, but I've not seen an answer like that among the several AI-generated answers I came across, meaning (probably) users posting those don't care or don't read or be informed about policies. In short: a flat out ban is much easier to uphold. Commented Nov 17 at 19:17
  • I'm yet to find an AIgen answer that wasn't either completely wrong, or simply a copy of another existing answer. it's fine to use a chatbot to research your answer (though in my experience it probably isn't useful), it's not to use it to answer. Commented Nov 18 at 7:57

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