Subj : Re: New rule
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sun Jul 20 2025 06:23 pm

-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Mike Powell <=-

>> > The use of AI (Artifical Intelligence) to generate message text is >
>> discouraged.

MP> Sadly, we have reached that point in our history where this is
MP> possible and, on the internet anyway, likely to happen.

MvV> I hope that at least in Fidonet we can manage it. AI can be a usefull
MvV> tool, even to help people configure their IPv6. But we should not use
MvV> it to generate text in echomail messages.

I'm assuming your "new rule" is in regard to my recent post to Beeeorn.

Here I'd thought you'd been around a while.  That text is not
AI-generated, and in fact is about 30 years old.  It's been posted a
million times over those years.  It is widely accredited to a dude named
Guy Macon.  Sheesh.

Don't believe me?  See here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x9fI5Ov91M



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