I've mentioned AI text generators on English Wikipedia's Reliable Sources Noticeboard a couple of times, and the consensus each time has been that it's obvious that this rubbish absolutely doesn't belong in en:wp in any manner. The discussions are how to deal with publishers who indulge in this nonsense. So yes, I would suggest a text generator could never be used as a source in this manner. The most unreliable of sources.
- d. On Wed, 17 May 2023 at 08:08, Kiril Simeonovski <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Wikimedians, > > Two days ago, a participant in one of our edit-a-thons consulted ChatGPT when > writing an article on the Macedonian Wikipedia that did not exist on any > other language edition. ChatGPT provided some output, but the problem was how > to cite it. > > The community on the Macedonian Wikipedia has not yet had a discussion on > this matter and we do not have any guidelines. So, my main questions are the > following: > > * Can ChatGPT be used as a reliable source and, if yes, how would the > citation look like? > > * Are there any ongoing community discussions on introducing guidelines? > > My personal opinion is that ChatGPT should be avoided as a reliable source, > and only the original source where the algorithm gets the information from > should be used. > > Best regards, > Kiril > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/WMGIBNPN5JNJGUOCLWFCCPD7EL5YN6KU/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/ETULXH7VPWVOTOE73RPPAP7MBSTMNJ3I/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
