Ask it to explain how to program software for a specific function and it can similarly produce believable but ultimately incorrect code.AI text models like ChatGPT learn by looking for statistical regularities in textThis is one of several well-known failings of AI text generation models, otherwise known as large language models or LLMs.Stack Overflow’s decision is particularly notable as experts in the AI community are currently debating the potential threat posed by these large language models.Many users have recounted their own experiences using the bot, with one individual on Hacker News saying they found that its answers to queries about coding problems were more often wrong than right.“The text looked very good, but there were big errors in there.”Others turned the question of AI moderation over to ChatGPT itself, asking the bot to generate arguments for and against its ban."