Questions tagged [ai-generated-content]
For questions about the policy on AI-generated content.
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Does AI Assist have tangible quality and attribution standards anyone is accountable for? [closed]
Does AI Assist have public, tangible and enforceable quality attribution standards, especially when representing Stack Overflow content written by humans? When AI Assist does not live up to these ...
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AI Assist on Stack Overflow seems to be in direct violation of stated rules regarding AI [duplicate]
Back in 2022 the moderation team decided to (temporarily) ban all use of AI as a means of producing content for SO, both asking and answering. This was later extended to be an indefinite ban. ...
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AI assist will lower site engagement, needs vote buttons
AI assist lacking vote buttons adds an extra barrier between finding an answer useful and upvoting said answer and its associated question. That may not seem like much but I hypothesize very few ...
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How do staff officially reconcile AI Assist with the reasons of the generative AI ban, as given in Stack Overflow policy?
I would like clarification on Stack Overflow's current stance (as of December 3rd, 2025) regarding the reliability of LLMs.
The ban on posting AI content, according to the SO Help Centre, is motivated ...
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When is it allowed to post AI generated content on a tag wiki page? [duplicate]
When is it allowed to post AI generated content on a tag wiki page?
For example the vdi tag has no wiki.
Can I simply copy text from Gemini to the tag wiki page?
If that is allowed, then do I need to ...
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Why was this flag on an AI slop answer from an obvious spam account declined?
I've flagged this post (screenshot for <10K) for moderator for both being AI slop, and the account for being an obvious advertisement.
(As a side note I also VTC the question, since it's request ...
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How can I write good answer without being flagged as LLM-generated
I ask this question in continuation of this question.
Lately I've been trying to figure out exactly what makes a good answer on Stack Overflow.
If I write carefully, using proper punctuation, grammar, ...
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What is the standard for attribution for code generated by AI?
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I recently flagged a Staging Ground post because it contained code generated by AI, and the flag was declined with, "Use require major changes for such questions in Staging Ground. Off ...
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How to handle suggested edits which rewrite a question (or answer) using generative AI?
Today I've noticed several suggested edits (such as this one) which have all the hallmarks of the editor taking the question and prompting a generative AI tool to expand on it. Typically they add ...
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If we know that we don't want AI content, why is SO Inc making an AI?
There's a ban on AI content, because it is generally known and accepted that AI produces slop. The whole reason of this site is connecting with people who have knowledge and experience. So why then, ...
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Burn all AI to the ground (even if it's only in past revisions)?
I recently topped 500 rep (woot me), got access to review queues, and reviewed this answer, which looked AI-generated. (As I edit, the whole question, not just the answer, has been deleted.) I used an ...
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What are some indicators that a post has been generated by AI? [duplicate]
After reading the SO policy regarding AI, I got curious about how often people post AI generated answers since I can't tell straight away whether or not a post is human-written. Are there any signs or ...
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Question answered by the OP containing a ChatGPT snippet
As I see it, LLMs are banned for both generating questions as well as answers and I am not here to dispute that, but the following case popped up:
How do we handle users who ask a question, it did not ...
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Can I use Copilot-suggested autocomplete code snippets that I've verified?
I am seeking some clarification around the policy of not allowing AI-generated content on Stack Overflow, specifically in relation to the use of GitHub Copilot (and, I suppose, similar AI tools which ...
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Deleted answers due to accused being AI generated
I’ve been a part of the Stack Overflow community for the past 7 months and have answered at least 60 questions. I’ve made the account as I’m broadening my knowledge and I want to share my contribution ...
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