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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BenLloydPearson to c/programming
 

Stack Overflow has seen a substantial decline in traffic over the last year that appears to be accelerating. https://observablehq.com/@ayhanfuat/the-fall-of-stack-overflow

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[–] SuperFola 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't say that people should go on the internet and pick the first forum post either ; that would be like trusting whatever chatgpt is handing you :p

My point was more on the "people are lazy" side of things, but yeah you have to stay critical of both chatgpt and forum posts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree, I just think that those lazy people will do what they do regardless of where they get their info.

To butcher a saying; blame the craftsman, not the tools.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I half expect that, if enough programmers use ChatGPT-written code verbatim, someday it's going to lead to Skynet. I mean, what's to stop ChatGPT from inserting bits of extra code to be used for its own distributed processing botnet?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

A lack of intelligence and awareness?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You've never written code, have you?