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Policy: Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is banned (on Stack Overflow) (meta.stackoverflow.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Carighan@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev
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Obviously, given the subject matter, I had to let ChatGPT generate a summary for this:

The Meta Stack Overflow post discusses a policy decision regarding the use of generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, on the platform. The key points include:

  1. Ban on Generative AI: The community has decided to prohibit the use of generative AI for answering questions on Stack Overflow. This is due to concerns about the quality and reliability of AI-generated content.
  1. Quality Control: The decision aims to maintain high standards for answers, as AI-generated responses may lack accuracy and context, potentially leading to misinformation.
  1. Community Feedback: The policy was influenced by feedback from the community, emphasizing the importance of human expertise in providing reliable answers.
  1. Future Considerations: The post suggests that while the current stance is a ban, the situation may be revisited in the future as the technology evolves.

Overall, the policy reflects a commitment to ensuring that the content on Stack Overflow remains trustworthy and valuable to its users.

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[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But didn't they say they were going to use all questions and answers to train ai?

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's probably the main reason to reason to ban AI. They want a mostly clean training set and they will probably add their own AI answers to each question as well.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago

Yes. They just don't want the AI being trained on its own excrement.