# AI-generated replies **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [May 25, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250 "2024-05-25T07:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![voczi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/voczi/32/31185_2.png) [@voczi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/voczi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/1 "2024-05-25T07:36:16Z")
Is anyone else noticing AI-generated replies in topics asking for help? I don’t get the point. Here’s one example: [IO cards added by ipad not shows up on desktop - #3 by brandon698sherrick](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/io-cards-added-by-ipad-not-shows-up-on-desktop/45241/3) Maybe the login&signup page should have captchas? ---
**Author:** ![voczi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/voczi/32/31185_2.png) [@voczi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/voczi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/2 "2024-05-25T07:38:02Z")
Just found out that it might give the user a notif, lol. Actually, maybe a good way to see if the reply was from ChatGPT or not. ---
**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/3 "2024-05-25T10:15:08Z")
On one hand, I don’t want to believe this is AI generated on the other hand this doesn’t completly sound like a human to me. Let’s see if they reply to this topic. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/4 "2024-05-25T15:33:48Z")
That one is not as obvious as others have been, but yes. It’s been happening in the subreddit too. What bothers me is that they are vague to the point of uselessness – akin to someone responding to post “I don’t know” and then wander off-topic. The worst of them are simply incorrect advice. [Screenshotting for purposes of discussion] ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/8/3/83250146a688428fb861805637a1becd922a2e17.png) ---
**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/5 "2024-05-25T15:47:42Z")
A bit off-topic but why are some people so confident that something we can’t control now we will be able to control in the future This is honestly scary. AI should immediately be halted and we should start researching how to control this thing first. This btw is also happening in Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. In YT you will find channels with AI generated videos that have hundreds of thousands of views and they even market these stuff as AI stories. The usual pro-AI argument is people are always scared of new stuff. Well that’s just a blatant lie. People in the past always thought future would be better. At least the last couple centuries. Anyways, I don’t think we will have good captchas in the future, AI generated reply would be as obvious as it is that this is being written by a person living in Asia. ---
**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/6 "2024-05-25T15:53:30Z")
For now, I think we should be able to flag replies for being “Apparently AI generated”. I don’t know how the whole identification would work though. (BTW would be kinda ironic if these bots are run by anti-AI group so that they can build negative public opinion about AI) ---
**Author:** ![voczi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/voczi/32/31185_2.png) [@voczi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/voczi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/7 "2024-05-25T16:08:46Z")
If you search his handle on Google, you will see a bunch of new posts starting from yesterday. So someone’s probably using this to create an online identity. Feel like this is the case for the other users with AI-like replies. Trying to create an identity. The reason, though? No idea… ---
**Author:** ![voczi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/voczi/32/31185_2.png) [@voczi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/voczi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/8 "2024-05-25T16:10:32Z")
> [@sorata](#): > > (BTW would be kinda ironic if these bots are run by anti-AI group so that they can build negative public opinion about AI) Not sure if AI needs any campaign like that. When I used ChatGPT for checking if that reply is generated by AI, it said that this was indeed the case because it was missing the entire context lol. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/9 "2024-05-25T16:16:15Z")
There have been other situations where it’s been a naive-but-apparently-well-meaning new user who claims they “just want to help.” Still leaves me wondering how posting bad/vague advice is helpful. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/10 "2024-05-26T22:25:08Z")
I’ve deleted a few obvious ones in the past when I spot them. I’ve always assumed spam was their end game. ---
**Author:** ![voczi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/voczi/32/31185_2.png) [@voczi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/voczi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/11 "2024-05-27T11:20:15Z")
Well this is a good feature at least: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/b/2/b28e5d075a2f4d5e3a7c27da7ccc317f8f188228.png) It can’t be abused… right? ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/12 "2024-05-27T14:56:27Z")
Discourse gives different flag-powers by “trust level,” so it’s a pretty robust system. - “New” users at trust level 0 can’t flag posts. - “Basic” users at trust level 1 and “Member” users at trust level 2 can flag posts. - For “Regular” users at trust level 3, flagging a “New”-user post will immediately hide the post. > **[Understanding Discourse Trust Levels](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/)** > > The user trust system is a fundamental cornerstone of Discourse. Trust levels are a way of… ---
**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/13 "2024-05-27T15:04:17Z")
I learned about it only today. It’s better than what we have in other platforms. But I don’t understand why anyone should lose regular tag if he doesn’t come here 50% of the days. That’s a pretty arbitrary rule it seems. Not coming here for a few months won’t make the person less trust-able. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/14 "2024-05-27T15:21:14Z")
But it does make you less of a “regular” on the forums. It’s about what’s good for the forums – who is around and active, who knows what’s been going on here in the past few months. It’s not about aggrandizing particular users. ---
**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/15 "2024-05-27T15:23:29Z")
Yeah I agree. The criteria just needs to be a bit different. It should _only_ be about how much time you spend reading/how many % of topics you read, etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/16 "2024-05-27T15:43:21Z")
Topics-viewed and topics-read are both included in the criteria already. ---
**Author:** ![guillempalausalva](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/guillempalausalva/32/34258_2.png) [@guillempalausalva](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/guillempalausalva)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/17 "2024-05-28T17:52:04Z")
I lost my trust level because of that. I was one of the first users to get the regular level when the Anki forums migrated to Discourse. ---
**Author:** ![guillempalausalva](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/guillempalausalva/32/34258_2.png) [@guillempalausalva](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/guillempalausalva)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/18 "2024-05-31T17:08:34Z")
LOL I just found an old post of mine while trying to find the criteria for trust levels: > [@Suggest new FAQ entry](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/suggest-new-faq-entry/692/13): > > Today I just got the trust level 3. Later on I’d try to make a wiki post about the graphs. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ai-generated-replies/45250/19 "2024-06-30T17:09:04Z")
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