Synthesis Rules

Docta said:
I’ve found it a bit of a slippery slope of late; the use of AI has made it difficult to discern if someone has chemistry experience legitimate or clandestine.
I’ve found myself getting into discussions only to realize I was talking to a keyboard chemist with no practical experience and in most cases no understanding a valence chemistry at all.

It may be time to adopt a straighter forward synthesis rule: “No Covalent Chemistry”
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If you follow the “no covalent chemistry” policy you won’t break any synthesis rules.

My only reservation is that one needs to understand these bond types to follow the rule.
 
Skorpio said:
My only reservation is that one needs to understand these bond types to follow the rule.
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True enough, I suppose some kind of easy to remember moderation guideline could be implemented among staff, such as anytime a substances name changes it’s deemed off limits?
 
I was banned once for posting a detailed synthesis of crystal jenkem hydrochloride.
 
Docta said:
I’ve found it a bit of a slippery slope of late; the use of AI has made it difficult to discern if someone has chemistry experience legitimate or clandestine.
I’ve found myself getting into discussions only to realize I was talking to a keyboard chemist with no practical experience and in most cases no understanding a valence chemistry at all.

It may be time to adopt a straighter forward synthesis rule: “No Covalent Chemistry”
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This is absolutely true. We've seen over and over even since this post was created, even by the same user who created thread use AI repeatedly to talk about topics he's never done. It's making bluelight suck.
 
Perplexity and Gemini told me that the difference between synthesizing methamphetamine and barbital, two molecularly simple psychoactives, would be like the difference between remodelling a house and building a house. I was thinking about asking on here for more of an idea about the feasibility of barbital, but I wasn't sure if such a discussion would be against the rules or not.
 
AI generated chem slop really brings nothing of value to the site and has the potential to make it actually worse. and just so that some people who "like chemistry" can get their narcissistic need scratched of feeling like they have expertise.
 
Rectify at least just doodles random structures (himself!) and it is so obviously not to be taken seriously that they gave him his sandbox thread and it's fine
 
Bagseed said:
AI generated chem slop really brings nothing of value to the site and has the potential to make it actually worse. and just so that some people who "like chemistry" can get their narcissistic need scratched of feeling like they have expertise.
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AI reassured me that the unreacted lithium in the shake and bake has a mood stabilising effect.
 
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