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Stack Overflow (and Stack Exchange) mods no longer allowed to use GPT detectors

• IronWolve 3y ago
  Crowd sourced, let the humans vote up and explain the correct answers. Theres too many incorrect answers and unanswered technical questions already.
• skilled 3y ago
  HAHAHA > Finally, internal evidence strongly suggests that the overapplication of suspensions for AI-generated content may be turning away a large number of legitimate contributors to the site. Someone invent a time machine so I can go back to October 2022 and read that then.
  • guraf 3y ago
    And likewise, the presence of excessive AI-generated content also turn away a lot of people. The day HN stops banning ai generated posts and comments is the day I leave forever.
    • EA-3167 3y ago
      ...You've been here for 9 days though?
      • patrick451 3y ago
        What makes you think guraf uses a single persistent account? Many people only stick with an account for a short period of time before abandoning it for a new account.
        • EA-3167 3y ago
          Why do they do that?
          • flir 3y ago
            Little bits of personal info add up over time, and suddenly you're a lot less anoymous than you think you are.
            • EA-3167 3y ago
              I see, that makes a certain amount of sense, thanks for the answer.
    • throw1623 3y ago
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• brucethemoose2 3y ago
  https://xkcd.com/810/ https://xkcd.com/810/
• armchairhacker 3y ago
  They should flag the AI-generated content as “inaccurate” or “too verbose”, assuming it actually is of course GPT detectors are inaccurate, full-stop. Although “strict standard of evidence” is going to rule out most real AI-generated content, because there’s not many objective measures.