ChatGPT is so amazing that we have been testing it for days to demonstrate everything it can do and its potential is so enormous that it could unseat Google, web tutorials and even Stack Overflow… or not. Because the consultation website for programmers and devs has banned its users from sharing responses from OpenAI chat.
As the moderators explain in a post, ChatGPT’s average hit rate is too low, which makes posting responses from OpenAI chat difficult. detrimental to both Stack Overflow and users who demand or seek correct answers.
A question of quality and reputation
Although still labeled “temporary” and pending a final decision from the community in the immediate future, Stack Overflow moderators have prohibited the use of this artificial intelligence to resolve doubts because it is too easy to generate answers and flood your website with answers that seem correct at first glancebut which often contain errors if thoroughly parsed.
We are talking about thousands of answers that require an expert review in the matter to determine its quality, and it is the content curation of Stack Overflow that has made this website a reference for those looking for solutions to their code.
Therefore, they point out that they need the volume of these posts generated by AI to be reduced and that they can deal with those received quickly. The solution? Disallow the use of ChatGPT to create posts on Stack Overflow.
And if a user skips this rule? In the event that a user is found to have used ChatGPT after it goes into effect, penalties will be imposed to prevent it, even if the content is appropriate. Of course, they have not specified what type of sanctions.
ChatGPT is a test-stage chatbot developed by OpenAI and based on its GPT-3.5 text generator. It has been in the open demo phase for a week and since then we have seen its fluidity and effectiveness when it comes to preparing responses. These days there have been quite a few computer professionals looking for the tickle. Although already spectacular and potentially called to mark an era similar to that of the Internet, is not free of errors, inaccuracies and falsely generated answerssomething that can be seen by asking you to write the biography of a public figure or, as we’ve seen, to generate code for a specific function.