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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

I like the experience using Copilot and GPT much better than browsing SO, but this is what worries me in the long-term though:

This issue goes beyond the survival of Stack Overflow. All AI models need a steady flow of quality human data to train on. Without that, they'll be left to rely on machine-generated content, and researchers have found that this leads to worse performance. There's an ominous name for this: model collapse.

Without this incredible knowledge sharing and curated feedback, in an environment that constantly changes with new libraries, languages, and best practices, these LLMs are doomed. I think solving this might be Stack Overflow's way out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yes, and businesses thinking they can drop their developers for chatgpt like tech in the future should (they won't, but they should) consider this. AI goes to pot very quickly without human input.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago

Guys stop this non-sense. That's not how it works.

They hire less new developers. There will be less people doing the work. Idiots who don't learn to use the tech will be left behind. This is already happening.

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