We’re exploring whether AI could be useful on the element14 Community, and we’d love to hear what members think.
This is early thinking. We’re not looking at using AI to replace the Community, replace member generated content, or take away from the conversations that happen here. The value of the Community comes from real people sharing real experience, projects, reviews, questions and advice.
Instead, we’re interested in whether AI could support members in practical ways, particularly around finding, improving or understanding existing content.
For example, AI could potentially help with things like:
- Finding relevant forum posts, projects, RoadTests, documentation or product information
- Suggesting clearer titles for forum posts, blogs or projects so they are easier for others to find
- Helping members structure a RoadTest Review and make sure they have covered the key points
- Translating Community content
- Suggesting related content, resources or next steps
- Helping newer members ask clearer questions
- Explaining technical concepts or terminology
- Highlighting useful answers or discussions from across the Community
I’ll be honest, I’m not completely sold on AI being added everywhere just for the sake of it. A lot of companies seem to be putting AI into every platform and product at the moment, and sometimes it’s genuinely useful, but other times it can feel a bit unnecessary or forced. That’s why I’m really interested to hear what people here think. If AI was ever used on the element14 Community, I’d want it to actually help members with real things, not get in the way of the conversations, projects and advice that make the Community valuable in the first place, and not necessarily be used to generate new content outright.
A few questions to kick off:
- Where do you think AI could genuinely help on the Community?
- What tasks or moments feel frustrating today that AI might improve?
- Are there any AI features you would actively avoid or distrust?
- Would you use AI to help find answers from existing discussions, projects or documentation?
- Are there any examples from other sites or tools where AI has worked well, or badly, for you?
