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submitted 5 days ago by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 63 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I've been on SO like ten times altogether since ChatGPT came out. It's so much nicer than the condescending pricks of Stack Overflow. My favourite is when some genius links a question as a duplicate of something that's vaguely similar.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The problem is that fewer people are generating the new content for gpt to slurp up.

Free information stops working when people stop caring about creating it.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've thought about that as well. Doesn't mean I'm gonna miss Stack Overflow specifically. Perhaps something better replaces it when AI gets poisoned by its own output too much.

[–] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think not. The problem isn't in a service, the problem is in people.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 4 days ago

Sure, that's why a good service doesn't create an environment which supports people being dicks. Unfortunately, that's exactly what SO does with the way it works.

[–] jas0n@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Yup. Stopped answering questions as soon as they did that.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 12 points 4 days ago

This question was already answered 10 years ago in a completely different version of the programming language to the one you're using, and we know it doesn't work anymore, in fact hasn't for 8 years, but we're going to close it anyway because screw you.

Also you should be doing it in Rust anyway

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago

my first thought about it too

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What do you ask ChatGPT? I rarely get a correct answer really, it's all made-up bullshit usually.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 4 days ago

I usually have good answers with only minimal bullshit when it comes to coding. If not, it at least points me in the right direction.