# On generative AI on the Processing forum

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**Created:** [December 7, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/on-generative-ai-on-the-processing-forum/40051 "2022-12-07T13:13:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![mnse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/mnse/32/16520_2.png) [@mnse](https://discourse.processing.org/u/mnse)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/on-generative-ai-on-the-processing-forum/40051/6 "2022-12-08T11:52:45Z")

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Hi,

I think this is a nice gimmick, but also just a gimmick.

I don’t think the AI in its current state will be a substitute for qualified answers to concrete problem solving and more complex questions, and steering help seekers in the right direction.

Still, this could be used as a kind of second interface in parallel to the current forum.  
So to speak, as a kind of “extended reference book”.

So for questions like:

- What parameters do I need for using the rect function?
- Can you show me an example on how I can filling my rect with red and having a green border ?
- How to use the dist function and what does the result mean ?
- etc.

In any case, it would have to be clear that the answer comes from a bot, and how to ask other “real” people if necessary.

To be honest, I wouldn’t feel like checking every time if the AI has answered correctly and if necessary to clarify and correct the errors from AI (analogous to the example above from [the dist() collision thread](https://discourse.processing.org/t/using-dist-for-collision-detection/40050/1)).

I also don’t know if it doesn’t discourage people who are looking for help to get forwarded to a bot with their problems.

Cheers  
— mnse

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