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I disagree: we shouldn't blindly discriminate against AI. If ChatGPT provides a correct answer, then it shouldn't be deleted, provided it has the proper attributions. No need to waste human time if some AI can do it. However, if an SE user tends to post incorrect answers, then they should be banned.

Example of attribution that we could require users to add:

This answer was (partly) written by ChatGPT, but I have the expertise to confirm it is correct.

Note: the most upvoted answer is pretty much the same as this answer.

Follow-ups:

• How often does ChatGPT give an incorrect answer to an SE question?
• How can we identify ChatGPT-generated posts?
• What quality threshold should be established for language models/question-answering systems to be allowed to write answers on Stack Exchange?
• Which online software to use to check answers on StackExchange for plagiarism?
• How can a language model keep track of the provenance of the main knowledge/sources used to generate a given output?

I disagree: we shouldn't blindly discriminate against AI. If ChatGPT provides a correct answer, then it shouldn't be deleted, provided it has the proper attributions. No need to waste human time if some AI can do it. However, if an SE user tends to post incorrect answers, then they should be banned.

Example of attribution that we could require users to add:

This answer was (partly) written by ChatGPT, but I have the expertise to confirm it is correct.

Notes:

• The most upvoted answer is pretty much the same as this answer.
• SO banned ChatGPT on the basis that it can generate a wrong answer, and Puzzling SE banned ChatGPT on the basis that it can generate a correct answer.

Follow-ups:

• How often does ChatGPT give an incorrect answer to an SE question?
• How can we identify ChatGPT-generated posts?
• What quality threshold should be established for language models/question-answering systems to be allowed to write answers on Stack Exchange?
• Which online software to use to check answers on StackExchange for plagiarism?
• How can a language model keep track of the provenance of the main knowledge/sources used to generate a given output?

I disagree: we shouldn't blindly discriminate against AI. If ChatGPT provides a correct answer, then it shouldn't be deleted, provided it has the proper attributions. No need to waste human time if some AI can do it. However, if an SE user tends to post incorrect answers, then they should be banned.

Example of attribution that we could require users to add:

This answer was (partly) written by ChatGPT, but I have the expertise to confirm it is correct.

Note: the most upvoted answer is pretty much the same as this answer.

Follow-ups:

• How often does ChatGPT give an incorrect answer to an SE question?
• How can we identify ChatGPT-generated posts?
• What quality threshold should be established for language models/question-answering systems to be allowed to write answers on Stack Exchange?

I disagree: we shouldn't blindly discriminate against AI. If ChatGPT provides a correct answer, then it shouldn't be deleted, provided it has the proper attributions. No need to waste human time if some AI can do it. However, if an SE user tends to post incorrect answers, then they should be banned.

Example of attribution that we could require users to add:

This answer was (partly) written by ChatGPT, but I have the expertise to confirm it is correct.

Note: the most upvoted answer is pretty much the same as this answer.

Follow-ups:

• How often does ChatGPT give an incorrect answer to an SE question?
• How can we identify ChatGPT-generated posts?
• What quality threshold should be established for language models/question-answering systems to be allowed to write answers on Stack Exchange?
• Which online software to use to check answers on StackExchange for plagiarism?
• How can a language model keep track of the provenance of the main knowledge/sources used to generate a given output?

I disagree: we shouldn't blindly discriminate against AI. If ChatGPT provides a correct answer, then it shouldn't be deleted, provided it has the proper attributions. No need to waste human time if some AI can do it. However, if an SE user tends to post incorrect answers, then they should be banned.

Example of attribution that we could require users to add:

This answer was (partly) written by ChatGPT, but I have the expertise to confirm it is correct.

Follow-ups:

• How often does ChatGPT give an incorrect answer to an SE question?
• How can we identify ChatGPT-generated posts?

Note: the most upvoted answer is pretty much the same as this answer.

I disagree: we shouldn't blindly discriminate against AI. If ChatGPT provides a correct answer, then it shouldn't be deleted, provided it has the proper attributions. No need to waste human time if some AI can do it. However, if an SE user tends to post incorrect answers, then they should be banned.

Example of attribution that we could require users to add:

This answer was (partly) written by ChatGPT, but I have the expertise to confirm it is correct.

Note: the most upvoted answer is pretty much the same as this answer.

Follow-ups:

• How often does ChatGPT give an incorrect answer to an SE question?
• How can we identify ChatGPT-generated posts?
• What quality threshold should be established for language models/question-answering systems to be allowed to write answers on Stack Exchange?