AI-assisted posts / content?

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As we know, AI has taken off the past few years and is quickly changing the way we work, communicate and produce content (college students using AI to write their essays for them is a typical example). Should this be an allowed or potentially discouraged thing on Sythe as far as using AI to make forum posts?

I haven't made this as a suggestion as I'm curious on community + staff's view on this initially. Should 'Chat GPT-like' responses be permitted? Or should only "human" responses be allowed on the forums (Spam Forum being the exception)? I don't really like the idea of browsing + discussing a forum thread and having obvious AI-generated responses being posted, it just takes away the human element of the forums where people can post threads and discuss topics like we always have.

Obviously AI will reach the point where it can easily write / produce posts to the point you would not be able to tell it from a human response (so we could reach a point we can no longer tell if AI has written a post or not), but at least cases like the example thread above where it is obvious AI was used to write up the post could be detected.

 

The obvious use of AI should be prohibited. It’s an eyesore and doesn’t leave much room for discussion.

 

For the reasons mentioned above, I don't believe AI use should be prohibited.

However, its use can be factored into evaluating an outcome, as it reflects a lack of effort and commitment.

 

Hey, I totally agree with you. AI takes away that "human" touch that makes Sythe unique. It’s cool there's the spam forum, but overall I’d support tagging AI posts – especially in important discussions. This way we know what's "authentic."
If AI reaches the point of writing just like a human, that’s another story, but maybe there could still be a mark to indicate it's an AI post, like with tags. This keeps the line clear between humans and machines, preserving Sythe's community feel

 

I dont think it should be prohibited, but I wouldnt encourage it. The likes of chat gpt can be a very useful tool if used properly and not just abused lol

 

Based on the responses above, while it's not obviously being used widespread across the forums it would be good for the staff to take an official viewpoint on this now.

Personally I feel things like requesting a pardon should be 100% written by a human, if you're serious about righting your wrongs then you would be expected to spend time and put thought into your pardon statement and what you want to say to the staff about why you fucked up and should be allowed back. I do agree however we are going to reach the stage where AI will improve and get better to the point it will become impossible or very difficult to decipher or prove someone's used AI to write a post.

Either the staff slap it in the rules saying not to use it at all (unless in Spam Forum where nobody cares what goes on in there) or to have "limits" on where it can be used.

I think there should be a sticky in the pardon section that states "your pardon should 100% be your own written words, not AI generated."

 

Personally I don't think AI posts should be disallowed because that's too broad and impossible to enforce reliably. I don't even think it should be disallowed in appeals or reports; If someone is not a native English speaker and uses AI responsibly and concisely to convey their message, I don't think that's an issue, for example.

The issue here is clearly the long form vapid nonsense chatgpt or other AI spits out by default, and I think that can be treated similar to any other spammy post. If someone manually, or using AI, writes a 10 paragraph appeal saying nothing, or posts vapid nonsense, that should all be treated the same. Doesn't matter if AI is involved.

If someone uses AI to condense their message or make it more readable that's fine imo.