I can see how this applies to the majority of (spam) cases but not to the example I gave and similar cases. Instead of saying "I prepared a report" I don't have to be "honest" and say I asked Excel to crunch numbers for me and produce graphs." Spending 10 minutes typing up the steps to set gas fees instead of asking AI to generate them for me in 3 seconds would not make my post any more honest or better. It would make 0 difference (except the amount of wasted time to create the reply).

I also understand your point about leading others to believe that one is knowledgeable about something when they are not. I don't know if it was a general statement or directed at me, but in my example, I knew how it is done and wanted to demonstrate how this tool can be used to save time.


It is a tool. Blaming a tool entirely for a problem is not fair. How you use it determines the outcome. None of my examples were like that. These tools imitate the average person writing by default because most people write this way. But you can easily change that by asking to write the responses, for example, in Ernest Hemingway's literary style. Try it.



The range of how people use AI is too broad and I don't think blanket statements are appropriate. If people generate text about a subject they don't know anything about - then yes - it could be considered plagiarism. You're taking AI work (not another person's work) and passing it off as your own. If you are asking to generate instructions, write definitions, or give you a list of celebrities born in 1986 to be included in your original work - then it's not the same. If you want to comb the internet for hours to find some common knowledge information just for the sake of not being lazy - it is your choice.