I'm a very happy user with (touch wood) no issues so far running v17 Pro and 18 Educational, on two separate c2013 iMacs.
Why, on this Forum and most others do you see "AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts." against many answers to peoples questions.
If people who have lots of experience with numerous operating systems have to state that, then how do newbies and people with much less experience know how to proceed? What do they believe. The posted answer or their own AI search?
Should it be that if you feel the need to add that statement, then you should not post at all as it just adds confusion
Or, as per the topic title, am I missing something??
It would be great if Discourse forums had a feature in the posting interface asking if post is ai or not and then automatically adding a disclaimer along with hiding the post.
Example:
Caution : This post is ai generated. Proceed at your own risk.
Many users will use A.I. based on their own will and choices.
To place a flat ban on A.I. would put members into an uncomfortable position when they use it for a myriad of uses other than posting troubleshooting steps. For example, translating text.
Instead, we selected the path that supports freedom: IF a user posts A.I. generated content, that they fully disclose that they did and which parts are A.I. generated.
And the second part of that Forum Requirement is that they vet the supplied answer. It is not enough to copy and paste. They must verify it.
The question boils down to - Who gets to control who?
Many of us are here because we were tired of being controlled.
It is better that for any land here with that mindset that they do not just feel controlled here, instead of there.
@Scooronimudge If you ask your search engine of choice, I imagine you will see that statement on all AI generated answers, therefore, including it is sensible, as it gives others cause to (possibly) go and query it, or use more specific sites.
Personally, I tend to ignore the AI results.
That means that the User has used an AI for a Problem. That isn't forbidden here in the Forum but for Transparency Reasons and the Point that AI isn't always right, in the Forum Guidelines is written to add that it is AI Content:
If you're quoting another source – such as a guide on an external website or output from a generative AI tool – it's recommended to label this clearly in your post. That way, the original author would be fairly credited for their work and other members would have more context about the origin of this knowledge.
If someone gets a plausible answer from an "AI" that's not something I have a problem with, but sharing it with that disclaimer says - in my opinion - that they have not taken care to verify it. I inherently distrust the content because it shows the poster does not fully trust what they're sharing with me and telling me to do.
If they have verified it - by proof-reading the instructions, and either running the commands or simple experience to know the commands are correct and relevant - then I don't see why they can't omit the disclaimer, or change it to say they've verified the output but believe the "AI" explained it better than they could.
You should always be somewhat cautious about running commands on your system that you find online; if nothing else, they may be out-dated and cause more problems than they solve if they even work at all. Humans can make mistakes or lie, but that is their choice and they're responsible for it. I feel like copying "AI" output with that disclaimer is trying to shift at least some of that responsibility away from themselves, though a lot of the time it's probably subconscious or unintentional. Especially on this forum, I'm confident that they are trying to help, this is just how such disclaimers make me feel.
: This post is ai generated. Proceed at your own risk.