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AI-generated Answers experiment on Stack Exchange sites

Answer Assistant is an experiment in which AI-generated answers are verified, edited, and curated by the community before becoming publicly visible. We want to test if this feature could help impro...

At the risk of making this all sound like a non sequitur, I would like to point out that the way these "experiments" (i.e. soon-to-be-features-network-wide) are managed shows lots of parallels with the situation of content creators facing today's AI apocalypsoid. TL;DR: There are plenty of reasons not to do this, but for damage control in the trust that this post eroded, I'd appreciate disclosure about what happened with Web Apps, the degree of choice and influence individual communities and their moderators will have, the criteria for discontinuing this experiment, and the deals that led SEN to this decision. In summary, while there could be potential benefits to publishing AI-generated answers under certain conditions, it would require careful consideration of quality, community standards, transparency, and the overall impact on user engagement.

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