Timeline for AI-generated content is not permitted on Ask Ubuntu
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| Jun 2, 2023 at 0:55 | comment | added | ssokolow | @user253751 Relatively formal writing with paragraphs starting with "First," or "However,"? That sounds like me and I don't always use sentence fragments either. I'm on the autism spectrum, I aim to write as I speak, and I actually speak like that. Here's hoping people will focus enough on the other signifiers. | |
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| Mar 10, 2023 at 5:51 | comment | added | Rishon_JR | Here you go: Title: GPT-generated content Description: This question/answer appears to be generated by a bot or appears to be generated from ChatGPT (END) (P.S feel free to improve it when giving it to the mods) | |
| Mar 10, 2023 at 5:44 | comment | added | cocomac | @Rishon_JR Ehh… sometimes I need to add additional context in a flag when informing the mods about a user using ChatGPT, so being able to add some more info as text would be handy for a ChatGPT flag | |
| Mar 10, 2023 at 5:14 | comment | added | Rishon_JR | I Think AU needs a dedicated flag in the "needs improvement" category | |
| Mar 1, 2023 at 10:19 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @thomasrutter Sometimes there are tell-tale signs - people who play with ChatGPT a lot may notice. It writes relatively formally, for example. Complete sentences only; paragraphs starting with words like "First," and "However,". Another sign is if the answer is confident but subtly wrong (requires you to have actual knowledge to judge the content). Another hint is a user who posts many answers on completely unrelated topics in succession. | |
| Mar 1, 2023 at 9:58 | comment | added | thomasrutter | How does an upstanding member of the community tell if an answer has been AI generated or not? Like, I'd report it if I knew, but I don't know how it would be possible for me to know. EDit: above comment by @user253751 somewhat answers this | |
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| Feb 4, 2023 at 7:53 | comment | added | andrew.46 Mod | @C.S.Cameron Well they are actually your words not mine 🙂. The first statement in the announcement pretty much covers it all: "There is now a permanent and complete ban on the use of ChatGPT and AI generated content on Ask Ubuntu." I cannot really add anything more to that... | |
| Feb 4, 2023 at 7:40 | comment | added | C.S.Cameron | @andrew.46 So the answer to cocomac's comment is "No, there is a complete and total ban on ChatGPT and similar AI on AU. It can not be used in any way, not even to improve questions or comments or when editing". Is that correct? | |
| Feb 4, 2023 at 5:39 | comment | added | andrew.46 Mod | @C.S.Cameron The issue on AU has never been people using technology like ChatGPT wisely, it has been people using ChatGPT to game the Rep system, to produce empty and many times misleading answers in bulk, to easily create spam and flood AU with it. Hence a blanket and complete ban on its usage. | |
| Feb 4, 2023 at 4:35 | comment | added | C.S.Cameron | I am still trying to figure out if @cocomac 's first comment above has been answered? Can AI be used for improving questions and comments or perhaps simplifying answers? | |
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| Feb 1, 2023 at 18:31 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @cocomac yes that's a custom mod flag. Moderators give attention to lots of things every day, including the non-custom flags. Do not feel bad about writing custom text if it is a legitimate reason. You should probably not strictly rely on the GPT checker though, as it has been known to flag human-written text sometimes. You can corroborate it with things like the user writing many answers in a short time, writing answers with info that looks okay at first glance but is actually nonsense, consistently failing the checker, etc. | |
| Jan 19, 2023 at 17:48 | comment | added | Levente | @cocomac by "custom flag" do you mean the bottom-most option, "in need of moderator intervention", combined with a textarea? If yes, that's the basis for my question: I was looking for something that did not need additional mod attention. I was looking for something more automated, e.g. how I believe the spam flag works (auto deletion after like 5 votes). | |
| Jan 19, 2023 at 17:44 | comment | added | cocomac |
@Levente I'd use a custom mod flag. I typically include why I think it is ChatGPT, the GPT detector result, and any other related info. If it helps, here's a (lightly modified) ChatGPT custom flag I raised on SO recently: This appears to be ChatGPT-generated. The GPT detector gave it X% as how likely it was to be AI-generated. There might be a better flag, but I typically have a bit of info to give (the detector result and if the user has other ChatGPT answers), so I always use a custom flag. A mod can confirm, but I'd guess custom-flags are the best way
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| Jan 19, 2023 at 17:27 | comment | added | Levente | O.k. which flag can I use (that's available to me) to contribute to enforcing this ban? I look at the list of the available flags and it's not totally clear. I did not want to ring "moderator attention" for every single such instance. Do I have another choice? | |
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| Jan 5, 2023 at 15:52 | comment | added | Thomas Ward Mod | @Levente AI grammar checkers are 'limited' in their scope to grammar improvement amd spell checking. This ban is on AI generated content (which is what ChatGPT and others do) not the use of Grammarly AI which in the free grammarly is specific to grammar improvements and spellcheckers. | |
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| Jan 5, 2023 at 11:57 | comment | added | Levente | @andrew.46 In light of this announcement, does this thread need any further update/clarification/commentary? | |
| Jan 5, 2023 at 7:45 | comment | added | andrew.46 Mod | Ideally discussion will take place on the linked Meta thread where I would be keen to see your input. But: i am not convinced about the use of AI to improve posts in this way. The actual Ask Ubuntu experience with ChatGPT has been very, very different, it has been multiple copy and paste posts that have been for the most part really poor answers. It has been a cool and calculated effort by users to gain rep fast with no interest in accuracy or the production of quality answers. | |
| Jan 5, 2023 at 7:15 | comment | added | cocomac | Is this ban limited to ChatGPT generated answers? Or is using ChatGPT to assist in editing posts also banned? I realize it says a complete ban, but I’m also aware there was some discussion about using it to improve questions (and answers?), hence my question | |
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