Card #2040 · Discourse Meta
Lack of control and context in AI-generated tags and categories
Merchants are struggling with AI helpers that suggest incorrect tags, ignore category restrictions, and provide poor translations due to a lack of context. There is a strong desire for granular control to customize, toggle, or disable specific AI suggestions for titles, tags, and categories independently.
Pain score
0.62/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.89distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency0.90freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.89upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.25willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 5 verified quotes
the AI Helper for suggesting tags can make recommendations that are not allowed within the selected category.
This is a request to figure out how to customize how the ai helper assigns tags and categories.
Would it be unreasonable to have a toggle for each of the three buttons?
I find the quality of these AI-translated tags to be inconsistent, so I would like to turn them off independently.
it treats tags as isolated words rather than references to specific Discourse features, plugins, or components.
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