I have a suspicion of some of the replies being given in this forum might be bots. Is there any sure way of knowing this or do I have to simply tread carefully to not trust a LLM generated reply?
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I often use LLM-generated replies, but I’m not a bot myself…
Edit:
If a reply offers something worthwhile, I don’t think it matters much whether it came from a bot, an alien, or a paramecium…
Working code and verifiable facts are useful. The rest is just a matter of whether it’s enjoyable or not.
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Fair enough, I had a LLM generated answer already but wasn’t happy with it so I wanted to check in this forum to see if I could get human experience and expertise that the LLM couldn’t provide.
I have no intention of throwing shade and I appreciate the honesty, but it would be nice if you could mention that it was provided by an LLM in a post itself, as I do not want to quote the reply in my college assignment and get hit with AI plagiarism violation.
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Yeah… it’s a pain…
If we’re just talking about my replies, there is a way to tell them apart: the answers stored in my dataset repository are LLM-generated. Also, inside replies, I often separate things so that anything after --- is the LLM’s response.
As for others, they’ll likely have their own flexible operating policies…
Back when I was a college student, using anything other than paper books or newspapers as references was practically forbidden, so I can’t say I don’t understand the university’s nonsensical rules…
But just as a side note, I suspect a lot of abstracts for papers online these days are generated by LLMs (including RAGs). Setting aside the papers themselves, code and documentation are even more suspect. And then there are the massive amounts of AI-generated curation sites…
“AI plagiarism violation” is a philosophical question!
How to tell if the reply was LLM generated:
Does the reply use proper markdown formatting?
Is the reply like an essay?
Does it have an overuse of emojis?
Does it glaze the poster?
Does it say they already made this exact thing and more?
If at least 4/5 are true, then its likely a bot.
Yeah But I would think A Bot’s Questions and Answers no matter how intelligent they my seem don’t really have much originality in Their Responses, it not like Bots can Create something that is not already in Existence!Bots are nothing more then a Tool and should be used as so by humans! I don’t know is there a difference between a Bot and Ai Artificial Intelligence?
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Great question! It’s hard to be 100% sure, but here are a few quick ways to spot AI-written replies:
- They often sound too polished, generic, or repetitive.
- They might lack personal experience, specific details, or follow-up questions.
- If the reply solves a complex problem in perfect textbook language without edge cases, it’s more likely AI-generated.
At the end of the day, a bit of healthy skepticism never hurts — even human replies can be misleading sometimes!
lol
Imagine making a bot reply to a form about bots.