Questions tagged [ai-generated-content]
For questions about the policy on AI-generated content.
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If we know that we don't want AI content, why is SO Inc making an AI?
There's a ban on AI content, because it is generally known and accepted that AI produces slop. The whole reason of this site is connecting with people who have knowledge and experience. So why then, ...
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Burn all AI to the ground (even if it's only in past revisions)?
I recently topped 500 rep (woot me), got access to review queues, and reviewed this answer, which looked AI-generated. (As I edit, the whole question, not just the answer, has been deleted.) I used an ...
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What are some indicators that a post has been generated by AI? [duplicate]
After reading the SO policy regarding AI, I got curious about how often people post AI generated answers since I can't tell straight away whether or not a post is human-written. Are there any signs or ...
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Question answered by the OP containing a ChatGPT snippet
As I see it, LLMs are banned for both generating questions as well as answers and I am not here to dispute that, but the following case popped up:
How do we handle users who ask a question, it did not ...
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Can I use Copilot-suggested autocomplete code snippets that I've verified?
I am seeking some clarification around the policy of not allowing AI-generated content on Stack Overflow, specifically in relation to the use of GitHub Copilot (and, I suppose, similar AI tools which ...
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Deleted answers due to accused being AI generated
I’ve been a part of the Stack Overflow community for the past 7 months and have answered at least 60 questions. I’ve made the account as I’m broadening my knowledge and I want to share my contribution ...
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Make the "AI Tools are not allowed" banner (more) persistent
At the moment, there is a banner which appears in the answer box on the main site after the answer box gets focus for the first time viewing that page that reads:
Reminder: Answers generated by ...
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Can I add AI generated content into the question? [duplicate]
In this post: Policy: Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is banned there is written that AI generated content is banned on "answers", because they ofter are wrong and low quality.
But I just got ...
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Do you orphan a question when ChatGPT solves your problem?
I'm just wondering, because normally I would try to make sure the information gets out there in case someone else finds it helpful. But with the ban on AI-generated content, I don't know what to do.
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A news release has been published showing some advancement in the use or performance of generative AI systems. Should the ban be reconsidered?
I've read an article saying that:
a generative AI system has outperformed many/most humans on some benchmark or competition
a company/survey indicates increasing usage/desire to use generative AI for ...
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When did questions generated by AI become allowed?
I recently raised a flag on a Question that's generated by an LLM (quoted at the end). The signs are clear, including the fact that the "Copy" sections remained, there are sections for the ...
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We've cleared the backlog of "In need of moderator intervention" flags
After the end of the 2023 moderators and curators strike, the flag queue of "In need of moderator intervention" flags — a.k.a. custom flags, mod flags, etc. was quite literally over 9000! ...
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GenAI is now commonly used for coding (e.g., 25% of the new Google codebase). Could the 2-year-old ban on using genAI for coding be lifted? [duplicate]
I read:
Google CEO says a quarter of the company’s new code is already AI generated.
According to Stack Overflow’s 2024 Developer Survey, over 75 percent of respondents are already using or are “...
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Should moderators delete AI-generated questions in Staging Ground?
As per the current policy (MSO, Help Center), it is not allowed to use AI tools to create content for Stack Overflow. This notably does not exclude questions.
Normally, moderators delete posts that ...
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Book copy/paste on Stack Overflow and AI policy?
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During my review of this First answer. I thought the answer was AI generated. But according to the comments this is a retyping of a book.
While this answer is technically not AI it has severe ...
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