I was wondering if I should do this, because 2 out of 5 questions on Stack Overflow don't ever get answered, or if they do get (an) answer (s), most of the time they're not helpful.So I was thinking -- why not create a chat bot to answer Stack Overflow's questions & provide necessary information to the general public?I mean why not? I've always been interested in AI, and all I'd need to do is create a basic logic database and a context system, pack an artificial personality with (partial) human instincts, and bam I'm done.But then again, would it be ethical?
Is it ethical to create a chatbot to answer questions on Stack Overflow?
natural language;human like;ethics
Yes, it is possible, and has actually been done in the past.The University of Antwerp created a bot to answer questions (this is the technical report). It focused on the git tag only though (even though it did answer one mysql question).Its accuracy was pretty good, and the bots in the tests did earn some reputation. So I assume it is possible.But do note that the last bot in the tests revealed that it was a bot, and thus got banned. So if you reveal that the account you are running the bot on is a bot, there is a high chance that it will get banned.