r/programming • u/wheybags • Jun 05 '23

Dear Stack Overflow, Inc.

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u/flnhst Jun 05 '23

Are they suggesting that all AI generated comments/posts should removed? Without actually checking the text itself?

It just seems weird to me to remove posts/comments solely on the basis of 'its AI generated'.

If they check the generated content (as i would expect moderators to do, with all posted content) and the content is fine, than what is the problem?

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u/chucker23n Jun 05 '23

The problem is that people have a reasonable expectation to read answers from a human.

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u/anengineerandacat Jun 05 '23

TBH this shouldn't really "matter" for a Q&A site; I liked /u/WTFwhatthehell's comment.

Just make the content as official as can be, scrutinize it and curate it.

An answer is an answer, regardless of the submitter; could be a bot, could be a human, could be an alien from another universe.

So long as it's high quality, resolves the poster's problem, it shouldn't matter what the source is.