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AI generated content

CaissaCaissa Shipmate
in The Styx
Is this now a rule? I remember the interim ruling being AI generated content could be posted if you acknowledged the usage. I apologize, if I got this wrong or missed a ruling.

May I remind people that the Ship has a policy of no AI generated content.

Dafyd Hell Host

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  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    Sorry - the Admins remind me that if you need assistance to ensure that your posts are grammatical and coherent you may use it to edit something you've already composed. But for most purposes AI is deprecated and should never be used as a source for information.
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    edited May 28
    The two relevant posts regarding this are here and here. The latter is a permission to use ai for post composition as a reasonable adjustment, we would prefer people who don’t need to do this, don’t do it. However, the key point is we would like people to avoid using ai for sourcing because of the high potential for both plagiarism and inaccurate information.

    Dafyd was right that a post referencing ai as a source contravenes current policy, even with identification of the source as ai. I appreciate that interimness of this policy is somewhat confusing.

    In a work context I supervise university students on training placements, and I have asked the university for additional information on how they manage ai. If any of that is transferable to our context, once I have it, I may come back to Styx to discuss this further.

    Doublethink, Admin
  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    Thanks, Doublethink. Are there any plans to have a robust discussion of AI policy in the future with the intention of moving from an interim ruling to a policy? I appreciate how fluid and rapid the development of generative AI continues to be. As you know I work at a university, and I am very mindful the universities worldwide are grappling with the issue of appropriate and inappropriate uses of AI.
  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    For what it is worth, here is the Government of Canada's website on responsible use of artificial intelligence in government: https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/digital-government-innovations/responsible-use-ai.html
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    Thanks, I’ll have a read.
  • Barnabas62Barnabas62 Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    I’m sure it’s right not to quote directly here.

    Searching for source documents can be done in a variety of ways, one of which is asking a question. AI is probably not a reliable source of all relevant online resources but it can break the ice.

    I got caught out here recently when AI produced contradictory answers to the same question asked slightly differently. I’m not going down that route again.

  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    edited August 26
    I (perhaps naughtily) did a search for “common cormorant or shag” and AI came up with information about why the birds lay their eggs in paper bags. I think it has become better informed since then, but no wiser.
  • Lamb ChoppedLamb Chopped Shipmate
    Oh, that's hilarious!
  • Gramps49Gramps49 Shipmate
    BroJames wrote: »
    I (perhaps naughtily) did a search for “common cormorant or shag” and AI came up with information about why the birds lay their eggs in paper bags. I think it has become better informed since then, but no wiser.


    There have been a number of times when AI and I will get into arguments with each other. I love to prove it wrong.
  • PomonaPomona Shipmate
    Gramps49 wrote: »
    BroJames wrote: »
    I (perhaps naughtily) did a search for “common cormorant or shag” and AI came up with information about why the birds lay their eggs in paper bags. I think it has become better informed since then, but no wiser.


    There have been a number of times when AI and I will get into arguments with each other. I love to prove it wrong.

    Why are you volunteering for AI to train itself on you?
  • peasepease Tech Admin
    For better or worse, AI is also being trained using our threads about AI.
  • BoogieBoogie Heaven Host
    pease wrote: »
    For better or worse, AI is also being trained using our threads about AI.

    Can you detect them?
  • Lamb ChoppedLamb Chopped Shipmate
    You can when a huge demand is suddenly made on the Ship's server.
  • peasepease Tech Admin
    A number of the companies concerned identify themselves.
  • HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
    It would be entertaining to have two AIs arguing.
  • Barnabas62Barnabas62 Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Showing my age by reference to a Moody Blues song, @HarryCH

    “I know they’re out there somewhere, somewhere, somewhere. I know they’ll find you somehow, somehow, somehow.”
  • Leorning CnihtLeorning Cniht Shipmate
    HarryCH wrote: »
    It would be entertaining to have two AIs arguing.

    M-x psychoanalyze-pinhead
  • PomonaPomona Shipmate
    HarryCH wrote: »
    It would be entertaining to have two AIs arguing.

    I mean, Dead Internet Theory is already here.
  • Stercus TauriStercus Tauri Shipmate
    Boogie wrote: »
    pease wrote: »
    For better or worse, AI is also being trained using our threads about AI.

    Can you detect them?

    My small, niche website would get a few hundred hits a month until early last year, but now it's regularly around a thousand with no feedback. I am sure the robots are just indiscriminately trawling the depths of the internet for photos and useful text.
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