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This is a follow up to Is attribution required for machine-generated text when posting on Stack Exchange?

What is the proper way to attribute Large Language Models (such as GPT-3) when posting on Stack Exchange? Is it enough to mention it in the edit description or should the attribution be included in the post itself? Is there a specific format for attributions?

My question applies to both new posts and edits to existing posts, assuming the attribution formats must be different for both cases.

Update: see the edit history of this post for a sample attribution

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  • How can you put it in the edit description when you post an answer/question? It just needs to be in the body of the post, after you quote the text you copied from elsewhere.
    – Luuklag
    Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 23:42
  • @Luuklag you can start with a placeholder an edit it in later. I did it just now with my answer.
    – JonathanReez
    Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 23:44
  • Is this only for edits, or in general? I did post an answer containing ChatGPT's responses and just mentioned it. I couldn't source further references for the content because it was spouting nonsense though.
    – Meta Andrew T.
    Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 23:52
  • @MetaAndrewT. for both edits and new posts, assuming the attribution format is different for each
    – JonathanReez
    Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 23:53
  • I think you should ask separately for edits vs for new posts, as those sound like two different questions to me.
    – D.W.
    Commented Jan 5, 2023 at 0:13

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For edits, I think mentioning use of the LLM in the edit description is sufficient. If there are concerns about an edit, it is in a place where someone would naturally look when reviewing the edit.

For new posts, I think it should be attributed in the post itself (e.g., at the end of the post).

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