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The discussion point is not whether or not AI-generated answers should be allowed. It is more general about what to do with users posting low-quality answers and not following the etiquette of Stack Overflow.

Banning these answers is the correct thing to do, but it is a systematic problem in the user behaviour then fixing the user behaviour is a more robust solution, as in the end, low-quality AI answers cannot be distinguished from low-quality answers.

• Low-quality answers might be posted even without AI by "dumb" users
• Understanding the behaviour of users who are posting AI-generated answers is more important: why Stack Overflow answers are important for them and what do they believe gaining from posting useless answers
• If the volume of the low-quality answers, AI sourced or not, is too high, then tackle this problem by increasing the bar to post an answer
• If it is not individual cases but systematic, then normal discussion forum tools can be used to identify toxic accounts by behaviour tagging, IP address, and so on

Edit: Looks like there is another Meta discussion already opened on this topic: Stricter trust model in the face of bot flood?

The discussion point is not whether or not AI-generated answers should be allowed. It is more general about what to do with users posting low-quality answers and not following the etiquette of Stack Overflow.

Banning these answers is the correct thing to do, but it is a systematic problem in the user behaviour then fixing the user behaviour is a more robust solution, as in the end, low-quality AI answers cannot be distinguished from low-quality answers.

• Low-quality answers might be posted even without AI by unskilled users
• Understanding the behaviour of users who are posting AI-generated answers is more important: why Stack Overflow answers are important for them and what do they believe gaining from posting useless answers
• If the volume of the low-quality answers, AI sourced or not, is too high, then tackle this problem by increasing the bar to post an answer
• If it is not individual cases but systematic, then normal discussion forum tools can be used to identify toxic accounts by behaviour tagging, IP address, and so on

Edit: Looks like there is another Meta discussion already opened on this topic: Stricter trust model in the face of bot flood?

The discussion point is not whether or not AI-generated answers should be allowed. It is more general about what to do with users posting low-quality answers and not following the etiquette of Stack Overflow.

Banning these answers is the correct thing to do, but it is a systematic problem in the user behaviour then fixing the user behaviour is a more robust solution, as in the end, low-quality AI answers cannot be distinguished from low-quality answers.

• Low-quality answers might be posted even without AI by "dumb" users
• Understanding the behaviour of users who are posting AI-generated answers is more important: why Stack Overflow answers are important for them and what do they believe gaining from posting useless answers
• If the volume of the low-quality answers, AI sourced or not, is too high, then tackle this problem by increasing the bar to post an answer
• If it is not individual cases but systematic, then normal discussion forum tools can be used to identify toxic accounts by behaviour tagging, IP address, and so on

Looks like there is another Meta discussion already opened on this topic: Stricter trust model in the face of bot flood?

The discussion point is not whether or not AI-generated answers should be allowed. It is more general about what to do with users posting low-quality answers and not following the etiquette of Stack Overflow.

Banning these answers is the correct thing to do, but it is a systematic problem in the user behaviour then fixing the user behaviour is a more robust solution, as in the end, low-quality AI answers cannot be distinguished from low-quality answers.

• Low-quality answers might be posted even without AI by "dumb" users
• Understanding the behaviour of users who are posting AI-generated answers is more important: why Stack Overflow answers are important for them and what do they believe gaining from posting useless answers
• If the volume of the low-quality answers, AI sourced or not, is too high, then tackle this problem by increasing the bar to post an answer
• If it is not individual cases but systematic, then normal discussion forum tools can be used to identify toxic accounts by behaviour tagging, IP address, and so on

Edit: Looks like there is another Meta discussion already opened on this topic: Stricter trust model in the face of bot flood?

The discussion point is not whether or not AI-generated answers should be allowed. It is more general about what to do with users posting low-quality answers and not following the etiquette of StackOverflow.

Banning these answers is the correct thing to do, but it it is a systematic problem in the user behaviour then fixing the user behaviour is a more robust solution, as in the end, low-quality AI answers cannot be distinguished from low-quality answers.

• Low-quality answers might be posted even without AI by "dumb" users
• Understanding the behaviour of users who are posting AI-generated answers is more important: why StackOverflow answers are important for them and what do they believe gaining from posting useless answers
• If the volume of the low-quality answers, AI sourced or not, is too high, then tackle this problem by increasing the bar to post an answer
• If it is not individual cases but systematic, then normal discussion forum tools can be used to identify toxic accounts by behaviour tagging, IP address, and so on

Edit: Looks like there is another Meta discussion already opened on this topic: Stricter trust model in the face of bot flood?

The discussion point is not whether or not AI-generated answers should be allowed. It is more general about what to do with users posting low-quality answers and not following the etiquette of Stack Overflow.

Banning these answers is the correct thing to do, but it is a systematic problem in the user behaviour then fixing the user behaviour is a more robust solution, as in the end, low-quality AI answers cannot be distinguished from low-quality answers.

• Low-quality answers might be posted even without AI by "dumb" users
• Understanding the behaviour of users who are posting AI-generated answers is more important: why Stack Overflow answers are important for them and what do they believe gaining from posting useless answers
• If the volume of the low-quality answers, AI sourced or not, is too high, then tackle this problem by increasing the bar to post an answer
• If it is not individual cases but systematic, then normal discussion forum tools can be used to identify toxic accounts by behaviour tagging, IP address, and so on

Looks like there is another Meta discussion already opened on this topic: Stricter trust model in the face of bot flood?