My straw-man position:

* A ChatGPT-based answer should never be posted by someone without subject matter expertise in the question being asked in the first place.  Confirming that the answer *works* is not enough.  If you are even using ChatGPT to *assist* you in crafting the answer, then you must have the ability to:

    * ***Confirm*** that the answer is correct and works
    * ***Fully understand*** the answer that you are posting
    * ***Communicate*** the answer in your own words
    * ***Reply*** to questions about the answer you post
    * ***Warn*** of corner cases or potential issues if needed
    * ***Cite*** any reliance you made on ChatGPT for the answer

That said, I firmly believe that ChatGPT can be a useful *aid* when answering questions (and performing other actions on the site):

* If I'm going to post an answer of my own, I don't mind running the question through ChatGPT to see if there are *additional* things that I hadn't considered.  Those suggestions that ChatGPT makes may or not be useful, but they at least make me think about ways that I might be able to improve my answer.

* Many users here have the right level of expertise (or beyond), but may *not* have mastered *writing* in English.  It's far easier for most people to *read* in a language than it is to *write* well in that same language.  For this reason, ChatGPT can typically offer some great suggestions on improving English grammar for these users.  And those users will likely be able to confirm that the meaning of their answer hasn't changed.

* I have personally used ChatGPT on several occasions here on Ask Ubuntu to improve the grammar of some questions during Edits.  The two that I've done:

    * Example 1:  [Before](https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1445104/4) and [after](https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1445104/5).  IIRC, I'm fairly certain I did change one word from the ChatGPT suggestion -- I felt "the issue persists" was better than "this issue persists".

    * Example 2:  [Before](https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1445103/1) and [after](https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1445103/2):  I definitely made some small tweaks to the ChatGPT suggestion to make it slightly more concise, but I can't recall exactly what they were.

    I do a lot of grammar/clarity edits (including, frequently, on my own mistakes).  While I certainly *could* have cleaned up these two posts on my own, ChatGPT saved a *lot* of effort in these cases, and I believe the posts (and site) are better for it.  In no way did ChatGPT suggest an answer here, or rely on any training other than proper English grammar.