<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le jeu. 23 juil. 2026 à 22:03, Mike Burns via ARIN-PPML <<a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net">arin-ppml@arin.net</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2624300592692165092"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_2624300592692165092WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi Fernando,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I welcome your thoughts.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Mike,</div><div>Thanks for starting this thread, here, brother!</div><div><br></div><div>...then, are you willing to call those *astrotufing* posters, </div><div>who already fllooded the RPD [1] mailing list with their </div><div>automated email, to come defend their own PoV (Point </div><div>of View) themselves here?</div><div>__</div><div>[1]: <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd/">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd/</a> </div><div>::: <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2026/thread.html#end">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2026/thread.html#end</a> </div><div>::: <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2026/date.html#end">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2026/date.html#end</a> </div><div>::: <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2026/author.html#end">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2026/author.html#end</a></div><div></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mryn80yi4" alt="image.png" width="532" height="366"><br><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2624300592692165092"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_2624300592692165092WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>It may get harder and harder to distinguish between polish and outright verbatim echoing of AI posts by a human interlocutor.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Brother, it appears that i have a clearly opposing view of the </div><div>future [2] of the world (FotW).</div><div>__</div><div>[2]: <a href="https://biblehub.com/crossref/revelation/22-6.htm">THE HOLY BIBLE | Revelation 22:6 Cross References: "And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass."</a></div><div><br></div><div>So, do kindly allow me to suggest to refrain yourself in going </div><div>further in such a random speculative perspective; imho!</div><div>Your view is your; though... </div><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2624300592692165092"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_2624300592692165092WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>The open mailing list is designed to solicit the best arguments, should we ignore the best arguments if they come from AI?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><br></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Please, brother, when you decide to move a discussion of </div><div>this kind to a new place, be kind enough to at least describe </div><div>the problem as it exactly happened out there.</div><div><br></div><div>...anyone who want to check the open archives; would see </div><div>what's really at stake! AI as been identified as the tools which </div><div>empowered a bunch of newcommers with strong view on a </div><div>topic the have seemingly not heard prior to their subscription </div><div>to that mailing list. </div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mrymqckx2" alt="photo_5985301282673069692_w.jpg" width="532" height="266"><br></div><div> ::: <a class="gmail-anchor-url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120710021154/http://www.swref.com/story/20090705/the_rules_of_netiquette" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://web.archive.org/web/20120710021154/http://www.swref.com/story/20090705/the_rules_of_netiquette</a> </div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Please, allow me to doubt that, even for the sake of luring for </div><div>more active participation, this community would hardly accept </div><div>to be flooded in such a way. </div><div><br></div><div>Your mealeage may vary!</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2624300592692165092"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_2624300592692165092WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">It seems likely to be that we will be dealing with this situation at some point.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><br></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There is nothing new here, brother! see here [3,4]; please!</div><div>__ </div><div>[3]: The rules of netiquette | Software Reference :: <a class="gmail-anchor-url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120710021154/http://www.swref.com/story/20090705/the_rules_of_netiquette" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://web.archive.org/web/20120710021154/http://www.swref.com/story/20090705/the_rules_of_netiquette</a> </div><div>[4]: Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette :: <a class="gmail-anchor-url" href="https://www.psg.com/emily.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.psg.com/emily.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>...maybe (i) speed & (ii) automation are the key indicators </div><div>to follow; if one expect to find anything new under the sun :-/</div><div><br></div><div>Shalom,</div><div>--sb.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2624300592692165092"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_2624300592692165092WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Mike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> ARIN-PPML <<a href="mailto:arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Fernando Frediani<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 23, 2026 1:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-ppml@arin.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [arin-ppml] Slow summer....<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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><u></u><u></u></span></p><p>Mail list should not be treated a destination for automated systems to send message, just for human discussions.<u></u><u></u></p><p>Fernando<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 7/23/2026 2:09 PM, Mike Burns via ARIN-PPML wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hello List,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I have used translators to help me post, I expect more and more will use AI to polish, if not create their posts.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">So simply banning use of AI is not the answer, but it brings up some questions.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Is this the camel’s nose of AI into human government?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Should we empower an AI to post directly, or be callable like ask grok?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Should we treat the AI posts just like any other post?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Any thoughts on using AI on stakerholder governance lists?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Regards,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Mike</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><img width="159" height="40" style="width: 1.6562in; height: 0.4166in;" id="m_2624300592692165092Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:ii_19f92d568844ce8e91"></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><img width="188" height="32" style="width: 1.9583in; height: 0.3333in;" id="m_2624300592692165092Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_19f92d568855b006a2"></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>ARIN-PPML<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-PPML@arin.net" target="_blank">ARIN-PPML@arin.net</a>).<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml" target="_blank">https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Please contact <a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a> if you experience any issues.<u></u><u></u></pre></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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