Report option of: Looks like AI

[TeenToTwenties]

Would it be helpful to MN to add a report option to suggest a post is AI (normally an ad in disguise) or is the spam / ad option sufficient.

More and more I am seeing 'helpful' posts (most recent one was boiler safety) which then turn out to be an article-advertisement with a link off somewhere.

(Thinking it might help with internal stats and inform policy on new registrations etc to categorize separately.)

Oooh yes please, that would be great. I tend to report as "not a genuine poster".

I'd love that. I think I'm starting to recognise AI posts but it takes a bit of time to get used to them, and meanwhile a lot of thoughtful comments are being wasted situations created by bots of whatever.

Yes, good idea.

Occasionally I’ve asked on a thread whether a post was written with AI. Oddly enough the OP never answers.

How do you recognise the ao ones? I'm always far too trusting

The recent thread about male midwives was obvious AI. Suddenly every poster had a story about how they had a fabulous male midwife who saved the day when the female midwives screwed up.

You just get a feeling for them.

Have you heard of the Uncanny Valley effect with faces? AI generated posts kind of give me that feeling - they're just "off" somehow but I couldn't necessarily explain exactly why!

I can spot them pretty well. I also used to write SEO keyword articles so I know how to write them and I have seen quite a few.
I think we can just report as spam

Yes, they just smell wrong.

I would love this option!

Hi @TeenToTwenties

If there's any kind of embedded link in a post then please report it as spam so it doesn't get lost in the queue of general reports. There have been quite a few allegedly 'helpful' ones lately which read very much like they're AI-generated and which almost always are trying to flog a product or service. Spam, spam, spam.

For non-spam posts that you're suspicious about, you can just select the 'Not a genuine poster' option. You're always welcome to provide more context in the Comments box and we're always grateful if you do