Should AI generated posts be banned or otherwise regulated?

No banning makes no sense. Although, hopefully it will become the norm not to just take the whole thing... with absurd font sizes and embellishments and slap it in. These long posts are ugly and disruptive. Although under certain circumstances appropriate. 

If someone is not familiar, I'll often recommend they run they query through and AI and only post a short paragraph from it, sighting this is where I got it. There are ways of discretely adding value without just dumping the whole ugly mess in. 

Then often from context it is not appropriate to post an AI answer. 

It's a free and open forum.  People can post and read whatever they want.  Or not.

If its not helpful, don't read it.  Pretty simple.

I just skip over obvious AI posts the same way I skip over certain member's posts.

Not a big deal.

DeKay

+1 @larsman Different prompts will yield different answers, so the answers will probably not be the same unless the prompt is, too.

+1 @gdaddy1 Quality and content from AI as been excellent in my experience.

Be open-minded. Those who deny or dismiss the contribution of high-quality AI-generated information may be overlooking its real value. From my own repeated experiences, AI-generated guidance has often been the only effective approach to resolving the issues I encountered. Its problem-solving capability can, at times, exceed that of professionals or technicians working in the field.

For example, after installing a new AT&T fiber modem, I experienced intermittent dropouts and pauses while streaming Qobuz. AI provided a highly effective, step-by-step troubleshooting process that allowed me to resolve the issue the same day. In contrast, neither AT&T technicians nor a few Audiogon members—who claimed to be experts—were able to identify or even approach the correct solution.

Again, let’s stay open-minded and humble. Even if you believe you’re knowledgeable, it’s often the case that you may not be asking the right questions for AI to generate useful, meaningful answers that truly serve the intended purpose.