Weekly AI Activity Summary on Meta.Discourse.org
Overview
This week on Meta.Discourse.org, the AI discussions have been diverse and engaging, with topics ranging from the implementation of related content features to the intricacies of AI-powered spam. Users have shared their experiences, concerns, and suggestions, contributing to the evolution of Discourse’s AI capabilities. The community has also tackled technical challenges, such as embedding errors and the need for granular control over AI features.
Interesting Topics
- Why External AI Over Internal Systems: Kevin7 initiated a discussion on the choice of external AI for related content features, sparking a conversation on semantic search and the complexities of self-hosting AI models. ref
- Related Topics Now Live: Saif announced the launch of the Related Topics feature for hosted customers, enhancing content discovery. ref
- AI-Powered Spam: The community shared experiences and strategies for dealing with AI-generated spam, with a focus on its impact and prevention. ref
- Granular Control on AI Composer Helper: swong requested more granular controls for the AI Composer Helper, leading to a commitment for new settings. ref
- Embeddings Backfill Issues: Don reported and resolved issues with the embeddings backfill rake task. ref
- Embeddings Errors: Users discussed errors related to AI embeddings and received guidance on configuration. ref
- Missing Descriptions in Settings: Don pointed out missing descriptions in AI-related settings. ref
- GPT 3.5 Turbo for AI Periodical Reports: Issues with GPT 3.5 Turbo not working for AI periodical reports were addressed. ref
- Autocompletion for Topic Creation: The AI plugin’s support for autocompletion when creating topics with the right tags was highlighted. ref
- OpenAI Azure Endpoint Support: Users discussed the support for the gpt-4-32k model on the OpenAI Azure endpoint. ref
Activity
- Saif led the week with discussions on the new Related Topics feature and AI-powered spam, engaging the community in valuable conversations. ref, ref
- Don was active in troubleshooting embedding issues and highlighting missing settings descriptions. ref, ref
- EricGT and merefield provided insights into the use of external AI and semantic search. ref
- keegan responded to requests for more granular AI controls and committed to adding new settings. ref
- maiki shared their approach to preventing AI-based spam in their private community. ref
- piffy and nat offered solutions to embedding errors and configuration issues. ref, ref
- sam addressed a bug in the AI plugin and provided support for custom prompts. ref, ref
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again next week! 