A user has been writing (bad) answers in broken English for months, and now suddenly writes answers in perfect GPT-esque style while the technical aspect is still bad.
The moderation burden for the second kind is much higher, while other users are much more likely to mistake it for a good answer. If the policy is "no AI-generated content allowed", should moderators be allowed to suspend the user?
All that that example shows is that native-English bullshitters have long had an advantage over ESL bullshitters. We don't need to take away tools that good ESL contributors could use to get more recognition, we need to find an actual solution to the bullshitting that has always plagued SO.
I think this is partially true, but insist there is more to it than that.
Careful, clear writing is hard even for native speakers, and good writing serves as a proof-of-work: answers that have had more work put into them are a signal that more work has been done, i.e higher quality answers.
A user has been writing (bad) answers in broken English for months, and now suddenly writes answers in perfect GPT-esque style while the technical aspect is still bad.
The moderation burden for the second kind is much higher, while other users are much more likely to mistake it for a good answer. If the policy is "no AI-generated content allowed", should moderators be allowed to suspend the user?