Any examples?
Here is an example that I noticed: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74678832/change-text-col...
Maybe it's been removed, or I'm having browser trouble, but I only see a question and a comment.
Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
221–230 of 342 posts
Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
#222Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
#223I assume that this is by folks wanting to up their scores. That's a huge problem with "gamification." I'm not especially a fan of the concept, in a venue like SO. I think it has led to a rather nasty community, and I hardly ever go there, anymore. I assume that we'll be seeing a lot of robotic HN content (I would not be surprised if it is already here, but has been sidelined by the mods).
> I would not be surprised if it is already here, but has been sidelined by the mods I can virtually guarantee you that there's been a nontrivial amount of GPT-generated content on HN that has not been caught by mods since ChatGPT, and likely since GPT-2/3, as well. Dang (and the other one whose tag I can't recall) already have their hands full trying to keep the tone civil across thousands (tens of thousands?) of co…
Another measure would be initiating a bot-check for every user. Maybe even periodically.
Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
#224Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I think we are going to have to take an aggressive stance against mediocre generated content here on HN, lest this small island of community be lost like the rest of the Old Internet. How do you propose we do that? And what do you propose we do when ChatGPT (or something like it) can create better content than most humans? (... which I would argue it is already happening in some limited contexts, although I admit m…
> what do you propose we do when ChatGPT (or something like it) can create better content than most humans? An AI cannot, by definition, create better HN content. Because HN content is about hearing what people think about a certain topic/thread. Hearing what an AI statistically regurgitates doesn’t satisfy the purpose even if it’s better written. The internet is about people . I may not be friends with everyone on H…
> An AI cannot, by definition, create better HN content. Because HN content is about hearing what people think about a certain topic/thread.
With AI certain ideas and opinions can and will be amplified by malicious actors. We may have to resort to face to face at some point or verify human identity at times to combat this.
Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
#225I can’t wait until 99% of reviews are written with AI. What happens when we can’t trust anything ?
Having real people sit around in a call center and write reviews for most things--which tend to not have even thousands of reviews--is sufficiently cheap that I'd argue this isn't a new problem, really: reviews as currently implemented always were sketchy to trust.
Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
#226Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I think we are going to have to take an aggressive stance against mediocre generated content here on HN, lest this small island of community be lost like the rest of the Old Internet. How do you propose we do that? And what do you propose we do when ChatGPT (or something like it) can create better content than most humans? (... which I would argue it is already happening in some limited contexts, although I admit m…
> what do you propose we do when ChatGPT (or something like it) can create better content than most humans? An AI cannot, by definition, create better HN content. Because HN content is about hearing what people think about a certain topic/thread. Hearing what an AI statistically regurgitates doesn’t satisfy the purpose even if it’s better written. The internet is about people . I may not be friends with everyone on H…
> An AI cannot, by definition, create better HN content.
Better is entirely too subjective for this to be true. And if you turn on showdead, ChatGPT content is already better than some of the other content submitted here. If an ML algo can take a half baked comment of mine and form it into a coherent response that other people can read and actually understand what I mean, that' is better content.
Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
#227Relevant xkcd comic https://xkcd.com/810/
I like that the last comment, from May this year, on Explain XKCD for this comment is "Sooooo... does this exist yet?"
Wish granted within a year!
Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
#228This is just a preview of things to come. Wait a few weeks until Google is completely swamped with ChatGPT SEO pages barely distinguishable from the real thing. If I worked at search quality at Google, I'd be very worried.
I expect Google to be irrelevant soon enough. ChatGPT already does a better job of finding answers to a lot of technical questions than Google.
Yes, because ChatGPT is not bombed with SEO currently.
Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
#229Some of the affects I can think of, to name a few:
Inaccurate or irrelevant answers: ChatGPT is a machine learning model that uses past data to generate responses. This means that it may not always provide accurate or relevant answers to questions, leading to confusion and frustration among users.
Loss of trust: If users notice that many of the answers on the forum are coming from ChatGPT, they may lose trust in the forum and stop using it. This could lead to a decline in user engagement and overall traffic.
Competition with human contributors: ChatGPT's answers may compete with those provided by human contributors, leading to a decrease in the quality and value of the content on the forum. This could make the forum less useful and engaging for users.
Increased moderation: The influx of answers from ChatGPT may require more moderation to ensure that the answers are accurate and relevant. This could require additional resources and time for moderators, leading to increased costs and workload.
Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT
#230This is just a preview of things to come. Wait a few weeks until Google is completely swamped with ChatGPT SEO pages barely distinguishable from the real thing. If I worked at search quality at Google, I'd be very worried.
Reddit and Twitter are going to be overwhelmed with bots indistinguishable from humans.
Agree with this comment writing like a teen: " Reddit and Twitter are going to be overwhelmed with bots indistinguishable from humans. "
Totally agree. It's crazy to think that bots could be indistinguishable from humans. Like, how are we even supposed to know who's real and who's not? It's kind of scary, but also kind of cool in a weird way. But yeah, I can definitely see how it could be a problem if there are too many bots on social media. It could be really confusing and overwhelming. So, I hope there's a way to deal with it.
Imagine how easy it will be to create big fake subs and gaslight people into believing something is sub consensus?