Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

eppur_se_muova

(40,646 posts)

19. Thank you for picking up on that ! :D At first, I tried to write an AI-sounding post which I thought would capture ...

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #14)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 02:50 AM

10 hrs ago

the earnestly "thoughtful" I'm-not-taking-sides-here-just-coredumping-what-some-consider-facts tone of which most AI-written responses are so redolent. But then I had a wicked inspiration -- let a chatbot write it ! The results came out so similar to what I had already made up it was genuinely creepy ! I was really just thinking "smarmy" but the AI (Google Gemini) out-smarmed me.

Now, I'm going to go back and point out that ONE OF the answers was AI-generated !

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

23 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Should AI-created content in posts be alerted on ? UPDATED: for ethical consistency [View all] eppur_se_muova 16 hrs ago OP

Not alerted - but somehow clearly identified - maybe with a color identifier as with videos, etc? NewHendoLib 16 hrs ago #1

changed my vote from yes... ret5hd 16 hrs ago #6

Based on WHAT?? It is in no way a violation of site rules. Jack Valentino 16 hrs ago #2

But it should be. paleotn 16 hrs ago #4

NO. Jack Valentino 16 hrs ago #5

That's it! Just so no to fakes. paleotn 16 hrs ago #7

It's unreliable. One expert after another has said that chatbots are built in such a way that they tell you what you eppur_se_muova 11 hrs ago #18

Alerted on for what? Renew Deal 16 hrs ago #3

Why not? 3825-87867 16 hrs ago #8

I think a better question is whether AI posts should be a violation of the TOS. Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #9

I voted yes, but agree with u berniesandersmittens 15 hrs ago #10

Yes, definitely. Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #11

Its a context thing. Eventually the AI bubble will burst but... FascismIsDeath 15 hrs ago #12

Definitely no womanofthehills 15 hrs ago #13

Is the 3rd option written by AI? Kaleva 15 hrs ago #14

LOL mr715 15 hrs ago #16

Thank you for picking up on that ! :D At first, I tried to write an AI-sounding post which I thought would capture ... eppur_se_muova 10 hrs ago #19

I don't know to be honest Niagara 15 hrs ago #15

How does anyone feel comfortable posting AI slop under their own name? hunter 14 hrs ago #17

Labelled KentuckyWoman 10 hrs ago #20

Isn't that like asking whether YouTube videos or links to Twitter posts should be a violation of the terms of service? meadowlander 10 hrs ago #21

Actually yes, theoretically no? jfz9580m 10 hrs ago #22

This is a confusing question jfz9580m 9 hrs ago #23