Re: AI slop "contributions" to IETF working groups

[Joel Halpern <[e-mail]>]

I presume most folks in this discussiona re aware that we are far from 
alone in this problem?  For example, Bruce Schneier has a nice summary 
of some of the examples and dimensions in 
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/the-ai-generated-text-arms-race.html

Yours,

Joel

On 2/10/2026 7:05 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> Christian Hopps wrote on 10/02/2026 11:37:
>> So anyway, while we’re (IETF) considering requiring disclosure of AI
>> tool use here, I think it’s worth considering what exactly we’d like
>> this disclosure to accomplish. Is it a filter flag (i.e., if checked
>> “Yes” it get’s dropped to /dev/null by a personal email filter)? Does
>> it help in reviewing the document knowing that AI tools were used.
> IDs and formal documents are only part of the issue. Possibly a 
> greater problem is a contingent of people who are issuing commands like:
>
> "ingest {URL of I-D}, identify 3 substantial problems in the text, 
> write a single paragraph of concise text for each problem in a format 
> suitable for submission to an ietf mailing list"
>
> then cut-n-paste the output into an email.
>
> Nick
>