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Can ChatGPT Answer Story Identification Questions?
No.
We've had scenarios where people used AI tools like ChatGPT to answer story-ID questions, and the results were... not good. AI likes to invent things that don't necessarily exist in order to ...
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Can ChatGPT Answer Story Identification Questions?
Hmm. The best way to work something out is by conducting an experiment.
Since ChatGPT is limited (at present) to data generated before September 2021 we can happily work with story-id questions posted ...
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Should AI-generated posts be allowed?
I propose that we follow other network sites in banning AI-generated copy-pasted content. This stuff is (to use a technical term) dangerous bullshit. As you've noted, it looks plausible and well-...
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What's the best way to cite the source of a photo?
The alt text, or formally alt attribute, is meant for a short description of the image, to be used when the image cannot be displayed, typically used by screen readers for visually impaired users.
A ...
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Reopening a duplicate so you can add an answer, then reclosing it?
Unilaterally reopening a question to answer it and then unilaterally closing it again is not an appropriate use of one's unilateral closing and reopening privileges.
The privilege is not meant to give ...
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Shouldn't [the-little-mermaid] include the original as well instead of just the Disney adaptation?
Yes
The tag should include the original and all adaptations. The usage guidance should reflect this, possibly mentioning the Disney adaptation since this is the one that's most well known. Neither of ...
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Reopening a duplicate so you can add an answer, then reclosing it?
The question's timeline shows that it was re-opened on 2023-11-04 at 23:14:10Z, answered at 23:15:25Z, and re-closed with the same duplicate target at 23:18:17Z by the same user -- a span of just over ...
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How many upvotes is too much?
If you are finding useful answers in older questions, then there's no reason not to upvote them. If that question/answer were posted today, and you would have upvoted it, then there's no reason not ...
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Did we change the voting button formatting?
This was an intentional change by SE to "graduate" the voting button styles across the network. You can see the main meta post for it here: We are graduating the updated button styling for ...
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Am I allowed to edit an old question I posted that has been closed?
You should post a comment on the question that you've discovered the answer, and flag the question to be reopened. Once the question is reopened, you can answer it and accept your answer.
Note that &...
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How many total users and total "voting" users does SFF have?
I don't believe SEDE exposes who has or hasn't voted as votes themselves are hidden within it. However, we can check if a user has the Supporter or Critic badges for first up and down vote ...
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What are the limits on "scifi"?
I would argue it's very simple; if the story was written as SF, then it's on-topic. This older meta question suggests that just because smart watches exist today doesn't mean that they can't still ...
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Is Barbie (2023 film) on-topic? If so, how should we tag questions about it?
Yes the Barbie film should be considered on topic. I'm unsure why it wouldn't be as the whole premise is literally that toys are alive living in a different world but also existing as toys in the ...
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Are old school Martial arts films considered SciFi/Fantasy?
The answer is a qualified yes.
Obviously, there are martial arts that are completely mundane, such as those that are actually practiced in the real world. Some films make use of these, and they are ...
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Is chat-bot generated text acceptable for tag wikis?
We should ban AI generated content in tag wikis
To be honest I think the reasoning given in the linked post about banning AI generated posts holds true for tag wikis as well. It's not quite as ...
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How many upvotes is too much?
There is no such thing as too many upvotes, but I think there is a daily maximum number of upvotes you can give. After that the website does not allow you to give any more upvotes for 24 hours (or may ...
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New tag 'fairy-tale' is too similar to existing tag 'fairy-tales' but is distinct, can we create it please?
It should be named fairy-tale-2022.
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Would asking to identify a Manga Drawing Guide, be off-topic?
Asking us to identify the origin of a picture of a clearly non-human girl (one with dragon wings, blue skin, red eyes, horns and a tail) would be entirely on-topic.
It's pretty clear that she's ...
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Why was this story id question closed as a duplicate? No evidence of concurrence from the author is present
Being closed by the Community bot is, itself, concurrence from the author.
The only way that the Community bot can close a question as a duplicate is if the author themselves agrees that it is a ...
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How to dupe-close these questions about The Kingkiller Chronicles
This all seems very straightforward and I'm not at all uncomfortable about swinging the dupe stick here.
I've edited the title of the book series into all four accepted answers
I've duped them off to ...
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How should we tag questions about "The Last of Us" (TV show and video game)?
I've not played the games and I haven't watched the series yet but I doubt they'll differ so drastically that they'd be considered 100% separate. We also don't have any The Last of Us questions yet ...
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Should we ask to limit the number of Community bumped posts on the front page?
I think we should do this. As I type up this answer Community is 13/15 on the home page and the site really looks dead.
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Can (and should) I copy the answers from this similar question on another stack?
You can take any content from anywhere on the internet for use in your own answer. However, the normal rules for plagiarism and how to properly reference content apply:
If you copy (or closely ...
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Should AI-generated posts be allowed?
I decided to get some input from the offending party itself, so I've created an account on OpenAI and asked ChatGPT the following:
Should AI-generated posts be allowed on the Science Fiction & ...
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Should we have a sticky listing FAQ-ID questions?
No, we should not
The idea, I presume, is to have people look at the most commonly asked ID requests before asking their own question.
First off, Stack Exchange already gives a list of possibly ...
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Should we kill all the [authors]?
Here's what I'd propose we do with these:
About a specific author - create a tag for that author
Author identification - create/use author-identification
Basically bog-standard story-ID - delete the ...
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What part of the "Ruby Rhod appearing on the menu screen of The Fifth Element" question needs more focus?
In its original form this question was ghastly. It was poorly written and barely coherent. Several close votes occurred before I got a chance to edit it.
Fifth element ps2 question
In 3:00
Why the ...
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Is it okay to post obituary posts on meta for those who never were on a Sci-Fi or Fantasy work?
In a word, no. Per page zero of the Tour.
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange is a question and answer site
for science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts. It's built and run by you
as part of ...
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