Linked Questions
118 questions linked to/from Policy: Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is banned
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Is it acceptable to post answers generated by an AI, such as GitHub Copilot? [duplicate]
Today, I stumbled upon this answer. In that answer, there is an explanation with the code:
This code was written by Github Copilot with minimal supervision
and nothing else. I see some potential ...
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Completely incorrect machine learning-generated answers [duplicate]
There's a new website out there called Ask Roboflow, which learns from questions and answers posted on Stack Exchange sites and attempts to generate an answer for a particular question. The site tends ...
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ChatGPT should be incorporated into the site [duplicate]
ChatGPT is a tool. We should adopt all useful tools. This site is in the best position to do this adoption. I propose that before the question is published the OP gets the opportunity to read the ...
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User's first ever post wrongly (in my opinion) auto-deleted for being spam/abusive [duplicate]
The revision history shows the original post before it was auto-deleted. No abuse is apparent and the only "spam" is a link to a book on Amazon. Why was this deleted?
https://stackoverflow....
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Query/overrule a moderator decision that might be misguided, or at least is very opaque [duplicate]
This is in regard to this question: Coldfusion DirectoryList Filter, and the answer for it by Boatti that has been deleted.
Moderator Martijn Pieters has deleted the answer to this question, and ...
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How should answers citing ChatGPT be flagged? [duplicate]
Since the introduction of the plagiarized content flag, I've been steadily using it to flag answers clearly generated by ChatGPT (by clearly I mean I've gone to ChatGPT and had a chance to produce ...
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Current position on & proposal for the responsible use of AI on Stack Overflow [duplicate]
The current policies of Stack Overflow around the responsible use of AI are confusing and unclear, both for moderators and users. There was the old announcement that as a temporary policy any use of ...
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Is there / Should there be a reference list of banned AI tools? [duplicate]
My understanding is that AI tools must not be used to help generate answers: https://stackoverflow.com/help/gen-ai-policy
It is not necessarily clear from a product's website if it counts as such a ...
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Why was my answer deleted without engaging me? [duplicate]
I'm a bit puzzled as to why my answer to a SE questions was deleted without further comment. There is just a laconic "One reason it's not useful is because the majority (if not the whole thing) ...
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Why was this answer of mine deleted? [duplicate]
Yesterday, my answer got deleted by a moderator (@sideshowbarker). Being new to Stack Overflow, it's possible I broke a rule without knowing it, but could I get the reason so that I don’t repeat my ...
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How do you plan on tackling ChatGPT answers? [duplicate]
I've came back to Stack Overflow (after a while) to test out ChatGPT.
The OpenAI community has built something insane. I literally copy and pasted the SO input questions to the platform input and it ...
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Many answers were given in a short period [duplicate]
I just left a comment beneath an answer by a new user. The answer was wrong in several aspects. I visited their profile and was amazed at seeing they gave a staggering number of answers in a short ...
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Accepted answer has disappeared [duplicate]
A few months ago, I asked a question which received a very good answer which I accepted.
Today, I went back to review the answer since I needed the information again. However, the answer has ...
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How much research effort is expected of Stack Overflow users?
I'm well aware that some research effort is expected of Stack Overflow users before they post any new questions, but I'm not sure just how much research effort is considered adequate.
I asked a ...