Stack Overflow still has it's place in the ecosystem. And the chat bots are serving their purpose perfectly. They were trained on this data for a reason. Now, instead of newbies asking questions from experts that have been asked dozens or hundreds of times before, they can simply ask a bot and get access to every relevant answer without the attitude. An attitude caused by moderating those repeat questions.
The dip in traffic is actually a good thing. It means that the experts can take a step back from the platform. But those same experts still need a place to go to ask questions. And many LLMs have knowledge cutoffs with no direct internet access to fetch data about the latest library, or best-practices or simply cannot grasp the full complexity of some issues. So Stack Overflow will not die, just evolve. But this evolution depends on users willing to take the time to share their knowledge. If you spend hours or even days solving a problem, please do us all a favor and share your findings. Post a question and answer it yourself if necessary. Not for glory, or recognition, but for the greater good.
Stack Overflow still has it's place in the ecosystem. And the chat bots are serving their purpose perfectly. They were trained on this data for a reason. Now, instead of newbies asking questions from experts that have been asked dozens or hundreds of times before, they can simply ask a bot and get access to every relevant answer without the attitude. An attitude caused by moderating those repeat questions.
The dip in traffic is actually a good thing. It means that the experts can take a step back from the platform. But those same experts still need a place to go to ask questions. And many LLMs have knowledge cutoffs with no direct internet access to fetch data about the latest library, or best-practices or simply cannot grasp the full complexity of some issues. So Stack Overflow will not die, just evolve. But this evolution depends on users willing to take the time to share their knowledge. If you spend hours or even days solving a problem, please do us all a favor and share your findings. Post a question and answer it yourself if necessary. Not for glory, or recognition, but for the greater good.
Brilliantly said, this is the kind of perspective that often gets lost in the AI vs. human debate.