# Request: don't put ChatGPT or other AI-generated content in non-AI threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [December 7, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-dont-put-chatgpt-or-other-ai-generated-content-in-non-ai-threads/994241 "2023-12-07T15:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 128
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-dont-put-chatgpt-or-other-ai-generated-content-in-non-ai-threads/994241/128 "2024-01-03T00:06:43Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Does it? How? > > Generative AI is a great tool for certain tasks and it is getting better. But the best hammer still makes a lousy screwdriver. 1. It will be different/better in 3-6 months, so guidelines will be quickly outdated. 2. I was able to use Bing to find a list of candidate wishlist generators, something that search wasn’t as good at. I haven’t explored the chatterbots all that much, but I think the burden of proof is on those saying they currently don’t have _any_ constructive application on this board. I hypothesize that I located at least one, not including my wisecrack example. Sure I could hang out in the dedicated AI threads, but there’s nothing like data generated in the wild. What I _thought_ people would object to was my argument, “Sure, an outright ban would improve the non-AI threads on average, but there are broader ignorance fighting issues.” I suspect the concession that yes, “…there are people here who have an unreasonably sunny view of the current state of AI, and who can’t apply the appropriate degree of skepticism,” [1] would end the argument for most people. Not for me though. The main downside for me is that this adds the workload of our voluntary mods. I don’t think the burden is large (though I could be wrong) and I think taming one of the great developments of our day is a worthy use of their time. > [@DSeid](#): > > If we have mission other than entertaining each other it is to reduce ignorance. Our own most of all. Knowing how to critically think, developing our skills by playing at that together, is core. Agreed. Learning the many ways that LLMs steer us in the wrong direction, fights ignorance. Personal points discussed here: [The Miselucidation of Whack-a-Mole - #89 by Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-miselucidation-of-whack-a-mole/995332/89) [1] Quote from LHoD. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-dont-put-chatgpt-or-other-ai-generated-content-in-non-ai-threads/994241)._