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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi Fernando,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I welcome your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It may get harder and harder to distinguish between polish and outright verbatim echoing of AI posts by a human interlocutor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The open mailing list is designed to solicit the best arguments, should we ignore the best arguments if they come from AI?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It seems likely to be that we will be dealing with this situation at some point.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Fernando Frediani<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 23, 2026 1:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> arin-ppml@arin.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [arin-ppml] Slow summer....<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Surely no AI should post in a human discussion mail list. It doesn't make much sense<br>If people want to use AI to polish their text no problem, as long messages are reviewed and sent by humans.<span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>Mail list should not be treated a destination for automated systems to send message, just for human discussions.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Fernando<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/23/2026 2:09 PM, Mike Burns via ARIN-PPML wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello List,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Based on a current discussion on the AFRINIC policy development list, I wanted to discuss the use of AI to post to policy lists.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Because these are open forums handled by email, it is quite trivial for any AI to be echoed to the list by a real person, or even post directly in the guise of a real person.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I have used translators to help me post, I expect more and more will use AI to polish, if not create their posts.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>So simply banning use of AI is not the answer, but it brings up some questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Is this the camel’s nose of AI into human government?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Should we empower an AI to post directly, or be callable like ask grok?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Should we treat the AI posts just like any other post?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I am not discussing abuse of the list through repeated AI posts restating the same argument and I assume lists have existing tools to exclude certain posters who do abuse.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Any thoughts on using AI on stakerholder governance lists?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mike</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><img width=159 height=40 style='width:1.6562in;height:.4166in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DD1AC4.BC551E30"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><img width=188 height=32 style='width:1.9583in;height:.3333in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01DD1AC4.BC551E30"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ARIN-PPML<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-PPML@arin.net">ARIN-PPML@arin.net</a>).<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml">https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Please contact <a href="mailto:info@arin.net">info@arin.net</a> if you experience any issues.<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>