Why still plagiarize when there is AI?

[Zoomic]

I came across this thread - Report plagiarism (copy/paste) here. Mods: please give temp or permban as needed and I wondered why it is very much still active. I have known this thread for long, I think that people should not be plagiarizing again, especially now we have AI. Do not get me wrong, I do not endorse people using AI to make posts here. I am advocating for the right use of AI.
If anyone doesn't understand a particular topic of discussion in a thread, they could easily google it or ask AI, use 15 to 20 mins to read about the topic and return to the forum to make organic contribution.

I thought that the reason why people were plagiarizing in the past was because of the lack of research tools and platform. Now that even google has integrated AI, research shouldn't be difficult and the rate of plagiarism is supposed to reduce drastically.
Why is there still plagiarism?

[Nathrixxx]

I thought that the reason why people were plagiarizing in the past was because of the lack of research tools and platform. Now that even google has integrated AI, research shouldn't be difficult and the rate of plagiarism is supposed to reduce drastically.
Why is there still plagiarism?

Isn't the use of AI synonymous to plagiarism, are you the one that wrote what was there being copied or do you take your time in referencing that the content was AI the same way plagiarism was done.

For those coming to this forum newly, the use of AI is not against the rules here, but you can get tagged for posting AI contents because you're not the one that make such by your own self, the same way a plagiarists does, while plagiarism will get you banned, I will advise none of these should be allowed, we are making real discussion here and not what we could have gotten from the use of a bot.

[Cookdata]

Plagiarism isn't limited to writing, it can be anything either an image, a song, a movie, ideas and content in any form or another person work without given credit to the original owner.

Most often, people that engage in this are just lazy to craft their own ideas, they are thief that don't want to work, want things the easiest ways.

[Zoomic]

I thought that the reason why people were plagiarizing in the past was because of the lack of research tools and platform. Now that even google has integrated AI, research shouldn't be difficult and the rate of plagiarism is supposed to reduce drastically.
Why is there still plagiarism?

Isn't the use of AI synonymous to plagiarism, are you the one that wrote what was there being copied or do you take your time in referencing that the content was AI the same way plagiarism was done.

For those coming to this forum newly, the use of AI is not against the rules here, but you can get tagged for posting AI contents because you're not the one that make such by your own self, the same way a plagiarists does, while plagiarism will get you banned, I will advise none of these should be allowed, we are making real discussion here and not what we could have gotten from the use of a bot.

If this was a forum the has downvote or demerit, I would have given you one. How can you be the first person to reply a post without reading the body of the post? It is very annoying. Please improve.

Plagiarism isn't limited to writing, it can be anything either an image, a song, a movie, ideas and content in any form or another person work without given credit to the original owner.

Most often, people that engage in this are just lazy to craft their own ideas, they are thief that don't want to work, want things the easiest ways.

You are correct mate. Laziness plays a role here. Sometimes they thief to appear intelligent than they really are.

[Su-asa]

However it's not even hard to read and understand most contents in the forum too, because if you can understand a content from AI it also means you can understand what's on the forum. You can only make research  on Google or through AI tools then provide the source in the forum that's all.
Using AI tools to improve your knowledge is good and that's the main purpose it was developed and it's helping so many people out there. From my perspectives, it's not bad to read or make research from AI tools but as this forum is against plagiarism one can only read to understand from there and contribute on the forum based on what they understand.

[promise444c5]

If anyone doesn't understand a particular topic of discussion in a thread, they could easily google it or ask AI, use 15 to 20 mins to read about the topic and return to the forum to make organic contribution.

It could work but why engaging in what you donot/ barely understand either.. Just leave it to those that have the knowledge to handle it while you go through what they might have posted and probably making more research if interested so that next time if such topic/related comes up again then you can easily drop one or two comments confidently from your end..
Next time, it’s just much more better to engage more in what you have knowledge about than those you don’t but don’t get me wrong with the engage thingy, I just meant not making comments..

[Zoomic]

If anyone doesn't understand a particular topic of discussion in a thread, they could easily google it or ask AI, use 15 to 20 mins to read about the topic and return to the forum to make organic contribution.

It could work but why engaging in what you donot/ barely understand either.. Just leave it to those that have the knowledge to handle it while you go through what they might have posted and probably making more research if interested so that next time if such topic/related comes up again then you can easily drop one or two comments confidently from your end..
Next time, it’s just much more better to engage more in what you have knowledge about than those you don’t but don’t get me wrong with the engage thingy, I just meant not making comments..

That is the whole essence of the post. You are in alignment with me. When I was new in the forum, if I see a thread I do not understand the context, I will simply scroll past and research it some other time. The reason was that research tools were not widely known then and there was no AI. But today, instead of scrolling past what you don't understand, which you might never come back to research, you could pause for 15 to 20 mins, research about it and come give your contribution. It is easier now to research than before.

[Franctoshi]

Plagiarism isn't limited to writing, it can be anything either an image, a song, a movie, ideas and content in any form or another person work without given credit to the original owner.

Most often, people that engage in this are just lazy to craft their own ideas, they are thief that don't want to work, want things the easiest ways.

These are People trying to become what they're not, especially those that wants to contribute in almost everything, and which they don't have much knowledge about it, they usually end up going to copy other people's work in order to complete their quota here or become relevant here, but when you have something you can offer, I bet you won't be among those that will want to copy or plagiarize, just as I'm a trader, I talk from the point of experience, also I can put up a topic base on experience or what I don't know which I want to learn and not to teach what I don't even know and on the process to try to claim ownership.

[Ziskinberg]

Copying AI is just the same with plagiarizing. Here in the forum, we don’t encourage to rely on AI and post them like our own. Our own, genuine ideas still matter the most because that alone creates your personal identity in the forum, and AI shouldn’t be part of it.

While we often push any beginner to DYOR, and do further researches, where AI could also be helpful in providing clear ideas, but it doesn’t mean that our explanation should be solely based on what AI has generated for us. Create your own opinion or ideas about the thread, because that will be a good determiner how far you have understood the topic that could start a healthy discussion in the forum.

[mindrust]

People can use AI to gain insight and ideas on certain topics which they don’t know anything about but it also has its own risks. The more people interact with AI, the more thinking AI will be doing for people. As a result, people will lose their ability to think. In a few years, there will be many people who will be asking AI’s opinion whenever they decide to do something. “Hey I am going to go get a beer from the fridge, is this a good idea? What’s the possibility of me catching a lightning bolt on the way?” You might laugh at this at the moment but it is coming. We are probably one of last generations who do the thinking themselves. Soon AI will takeover that field.

[justinlamode]

Using AI is still plagiarism and something forbidden in the forum because AI is a search engine that leads you to the work of another person without adding the link to where such information was lifted. I think the reason people plagiarize is lack of knowledge of the topic they want to engage in discussion. The forum is big and with several boards, so if you lack knowledge in a particular discussion, avoid the topic and check other places to for topics you are familiar with. You must not post everywhere, this will simply make you to use AI and lift things to post just to impress people.

[Z-tight]

Plagiarism has never been because of lack of research materials, both here in bitcointalk and anywhere else plagiarism is frowned upon. People plagiarize in bitcointalk because of laziness and the desire to rank up as fast as possible, with as little effort as possible or no effort at all. Research materials have always been available, but to copy and past is the easier option for lazy members.

[Moreno233]

Plagiarism in this forum is mostly common among newbies and lower ranking members and often, they do it to impress people with the hope of earing merits but end up in troubles. AI will not help when it comes to the issue of plagiarism because whatever AI can do regarding any topic here can be achieved with Google search or just searching in this forum. Like some people right said before in this topic, plagiarism is mostly a result of laxity and done my people who could not spare the least effort to seek knowledge for themselves. Since the punishment for plagiarism in this forum and the use of AI is the same, I will not support the ideas of the authors of this topic.

[CryptSafe]

Some people are just too lazy to read which is why you see people plagiarise and also use AI to make comments and posts as well. If AI can generate words based on command or instructions, it is wise to read it and understand before replying to a thread but the truth is that they copy the AI post and paste  it here  for people to read thinking they made such post and bieng smart but the reverse is always the case for them.

[stadus]

They don’t even use AI the right way. Instead of using it for research, they let AI do the posting job, and that’s why it shows. These people also don’t really understand what they’re doing. Just because a post looks long and nice to read, they think it’s fine to post it right away, hoping it gets merits.

It’s a good thing we have reporters, because those who don’t belong in the forum should be banned. Otherwise, the forum would be flooded with AI bots spamming sections with plagiarized posts.

[Ambatman]

That's because most people plagiarise because it's easier to do
Just copy and paste. No need to use one's brain.
So even if they start using AI they are going to do same.
Everybody has a choice and they chose plagiarism so even if there's an alternative, they would still pick plagiarism.
So having access to better research tool doesn't prevent the existence of individuals that would love to play smart

[KingsDen]

People can use AI to gain insight and ideas on certain topics which they don’t know anything about but it also has its own risks. The more people interact with AI, the more thinking AI will be doing for people. As a result, people will lose their ability to think. In a few years, there will be many people who will be asking AI’s opinion whenever they decide to do something. “Hey I am going to go get a beer from the fridge, is this a good idea? What’s the possibility of me catching a lightning bolt on the way?” You might laugh at this at the moment but it is coming. We are probably one of last generations who do the thinking themselves. Soon AI will takeover that field.

I already did laugh at your post before you said that I might laugh at your post at the moment, but it's coming.
I believe you when you said that we are probably the last generation that is going to engage their brain in thinking and figuring things out.
We are actually going to lose human thoughts or it will be scarce. There will be a time when humans who can actually think with their brains would be sought after.
AI is dominating speedily and there is nothing we can do about it. Who knows if bots will take over this forum before 2025.

[Ivystar5]

Plagiarism comes in different forms, some in a very minor circumstance like someone coping a text from anywhere without a reference link and that is mostly the common mistakes of plagiarized work.

In common sense one could just avoid a topic which he or she has no knowledge of or limited knowledge of than yo just cope a post from any where and make it sound like you're the original writer.

The only rule they don't obey is give credit to who credit is due.

[acroman08]

It's laziness, plain and simple, it was never about the ease of access to information from the internet. No matter how easy it is to get information from the internet, there will always be people who will plagiarise or use AI to write a post for them. There is no changing that, and it shouldn't be a surprise that the thread you mentioned is still active.

[Catenaccio]

I thought that the reason why people were plagiarizing in the past was because of the lack of research tools and platform. Now that even google has integrated AI, research shouldn't be difficult and the rate of plagiarism is supposed to reduce drastically.
Why is there still plagiarism?

Currently, there is only an unofficial rule on plagiarism and no rule about AI contents but if you think deeply, using AI-generated contents is similar to plagiarism. You can see the dictionary definition of Plagiarism and see how AI-generated content usage fits with plagiarism.

hilariousandco also agreed that AI-generated content usage needs to be treated as same as plagiarism.

Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ.

33. Posting plagiarized content is not allowed.[e]

It should be treated the same as plagiarism.

the process or practice of using another person's ideas or work and pretending that it is your own