Posting using ChatGPT should be banned?

Question

I've recently seen the news about stackoverflow banning ChatGPT generated answers, and also HN itself seems to ban this kind of questions/posts. What do you think of that?To me is kinda similar to fair use in copyrighted material, for instance using some parts of generated content and some original parts in one answer/post shouldn't be banned. Also with which degree of confidence we are able to detect if the content is actually generated by AI or not?It's quite an interesting topic on how this will change moderation and if this is actually possible to do on scaleCouple of opinons from HN moderator will be highly appreciated here!

Trouble_007 · Accepted Answer

>Should HN ban ChatGPT/generated responses? - [ 7 hours ago - 51 comments ] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33945628>Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks - [ 4 days ago - 188 comments ] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33891538>Stack Overflow bans ChatGPT as 'substantially harmful' - [ 5 days ago - 31 comments ] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33882298>Use of ChatGPT generated text for posts on Stack Overflow is temporarily banned - [ 6 days ago - 140 comments ] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33861846

WheelsAtLarge · Answer

It's a "Genie out of the bottle" thing. It can't be stopped. It will eventually be part of people's workflow in the same manner search engines are part of most people's daily life. Banned or not banned people will use it. Arguing about it won't change a thing.My concern is that it will become a rich person's toy since eventually OpenAI will charge for it.

inphovore · Answer

It&rsquo;s kind of nice for laughs. Maybe there needs to be a new button &ldquo;[] suspiciously AI&rdquo; we could click it under suspicion and see how the stats resolve.

cloudking · Answer

I made a post asking if AI content should come with a disclosure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33858508Personally I think it's okay if it's disclosed, users can decide to weight it accordingly with their votes.

ggm · Answer

I agree, but I have also been (falsely) accused of doing it. the current SOTA in detectors is arguably not good and promotes a spurious confidence interval.It's my belief if you are in the training set, or write with quirks, you have a high chance of being a false positive.

smt88 · Answer

It's a moot point because you can't ban ChatGPT anywhere. There's no way to reliably tell the difference between AI output and a human who doesn't speak English as a first language (or is strange or has a cognitive disability).

derivagral · Answer

Personally, chatGPT-only posts fall under "low effort". If the post involves something more than a few paragraphs tailed by 'written by chatgpt' I would find that different, but so far most seem to be the former.

johlits · Answer

Thing is, we are all bots trained on our experiences throughout life. How are we different from the bots? I believe we must accept and learn to live with the bots from now on.

Posting using ChatGPT should be banned?

It’s kind of nice for laughs. Maybe there needs to be a new button “[] suspiciously AI” we could click it under suspicion and see how the stats resolve.

I made a post asking if AI content should come with a disclosure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33858508
Personally I think it's okay if it's disclosed, users can decide to weight it accordingly with their votes.

I agree, but I have also been (falsely) accused of doing it. the current SOTA in detectors is arguably not good and promotes a spurious confidence interval.
It's my belief if you are in the training set, or write with quirks, you have a high chance of being a false positive.

It's a moot point because you can't ban ChatGPT anywhere. There's no way to reliably tell the difference between AI output and a human who doesn't speak English as a first language (or is strange or has a cognitive disability).

Personally, chatGPT-only posts fall under "low effort". If the post involves something more than a few paragraphs tailed by 'written by chatgpt' I would find that different, but so far most seem to be the former.

Thing is, we are all bots trained on our experiences throughout life. How are we different from the bots? I believe we must accept and learn to live with the bots from now on.