I agree with the statement that AI-generated content is garbage. But having seen moderation on SO turn into gatekeeping in the last ~7 years, I start suspecting

I agree with the statement that AI-generated content is garbage. But having seen moderation on SO turn into gatekeeping in the last ~7 years, I start suspecting this is a case of fight for being gatekeeper. I don't trust the mods that they did conduct anti-AI policy the right way -- I suspect they could overdo it very easily. With no sane ways for users to appeal. Current state of moderation leaves me no desire to contritube to SO -- neither via questions/answers, nor via using moderation tools (I can make edits and review answers or edits of others). Similar situation with moderation took hold in Wikipedia back in the 2000s, when it became only up to them whether a paragraph is "neutral" or "an opinion" and must be deleted (e.g. some pages have pieces saying "it's a common misconception that ___", but in some pages they got deleted with edit comment "it's a POV, must not be in Wikipedia").