Questions tagged [ai-generated-content]
For questions about the policy on AI-generated content.
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Should the AI policy explicitly ban recommendations to use GenAI?
I recently asked this meta question about recommending ChatGPT for fixing typos. The consensus was a very clear "recommending ChatGPT for typos is a bad idea."
However, in this main question,...
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Should we recommend Generative AI for fixing basic logic errors or typos in code?
I've seen a lot of questions where someone has a very basic problem, like a simple logic error or a typo. These questions often get flagged as "not reproducible" and are basically useless ...
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Why is the GenAI ban no longer pinned in the right-hand sidebar?
Why was the link to the policy banning AI-generated content1 removed from the right-hand sidebar? It's not like the problem has abated.
The link was there as late as last week, but now it's gone.
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Can I flag suspected AI-generated posts as "Plagiarized content"?
I found a post that I suspect to be generated by ChatGPT or another LLM service.
The available guidance about what to do in such cases suggests to raise an "In need of moderator intervention"...
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Are moderators actions bound by site policies, or are they subject to personal interpretation? [closed]
When it comes to removing AI-generated content from the site (as stated here), some moderators choose to break with this policy, and decline flags raised for questions containing AI-generated content.
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Can I use AI to help me answer as long as the actual content isn't AI-generated?
Suppose I use generative AI to help me answer a question, but I don't actually copy any of the verbiage output by the AI into my post - i.e. suppose that I'm using it merely as a source of information ...
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What happens to Stack Overflow, and what happens to the data?
If you're watching current trends, Stack Overflow is losing ground to LLMs and fast. I feel that if this continues, it will become hard to keep paying the bills and I hope it never happens, but if ...
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A proposal: Developing a standard code of conduct dealing with AI-generated content (AIGC)
In light of the recent events with VonC's AIGC violations and suspension, quite a few people have been discussing if a one week suspension (alongside content deletion) was sufficient or not. There ...
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A commitment to amend and move forward
I posted ~1850 answers between March 2023 and April 2024, including ~1100 answers to bountied questions during their bounty periods. Of those 1850 answers, about two-thirds were based on generative AI ...
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Should usage of AI-powered regex generators be banned under the temporary policy?
I came across an answer that includes a regex generated with an AI-powered regex generator.
Does that qualify for removal under Temporary policy: Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is banned?
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Use of GenAI claiming it's to compensate for disability
Question(s) first: how should situations like these be dealt with? How does a certain stance affect the community? How does it affect the corporation's ability to make money?
I've recently encountered ...
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Shouldn't the contributors be paid if LLM developers are being charged for Stack Overflow content?
I've come across this news stating:
Stack Overflow to charge LLM developers for access to its coding content
Now, the content on Stack Overflow or the sister sites aren't the work of Stack Exchange ...
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How are new users supposed to find out about the AI-content ban?
I'm a new user (I knew of SO but never used it until I started learning how to code).
I've almost violated the AI-policy already - I wanted to post something that was generated via ChatGPT (but tested ...
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Would a dedicated ChatGPT/AI flag be a viable solution to long response times to other flags? What can be done instead if not?
I have seen the post New flag for ChatGPT answers which suggests adding a dedicated flag for AI-generated content. The answer touches on the fact that Plagiarism flags were added for a specific ...
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AI policy text may be improved about machine translation tools
As we all know, since January 2024, Stack Overflow shows a banner warning against generative AI (which I perfectly support). The banner links to this page, which contains the AI policy text, ...
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