[Guvante]

A sequence of things happened with AI that got broadcasted wide enough that the author would have found it if they looked:

1. Tons of submissions from ChatGPT started popping up as users tried to get points the easy way.

2. Moderators began auto banning AI posts as low effort in an attempt to stem the tide.

3. StackOverflow fearing what the author proposes pushed back and forced moderators to stop auto banning AI content and instead only action incorrect answers.

4. Moderators revolted due to the huge effort required to sift through AI generated content to figure out what is worthwhile

I don't know if the moderator actions led to any action from StackOverflow but going to StackOverflow when all questions are filled in by ChatGPT is 100% pointless.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a33dj/stack-overflow-modera...

Note of course if the site isn't then StackOverflow can still provide value given the inability to know when AI is hallucinating.

[nomel]

> Moderators began auto banning AI posts

How was this achieved?