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After ChatGPT disruption, Stack Overflow lays off 28 percent of staff:
Stack Overflow used to be every developer's favorite site for coding help, but with the rise of generative AI like ChatGPT, chatbots can offer more specific help than a 5-year-old forum post ever could.
[...] You might think of Stack Overflow as "just a forum," but the company is working on a direct answer to ChatGPT in the form of "Overflow AI," which was announced in July. Stack Overflow's profitability plan includes cutting costs, and that's the justification for the layoffs. Stack Overflow doubled its headcount in 2022 with 525 people. ChatGPT launched at the end of 2022, making for unfortunate timing.
[... ] OpenAI is working on web crawler controls for ChatGPT, which would let sites like Stack Overflow opt out of crawling. [...] Chandrasekar has argued that sites like Stack Overflow are essential for chatbots, saying they need "to be trained on something that's progressing knowledge forward. They need new knowledge to be created."
(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 18 2023, @02:00PM
Yes, they have good responses, and they also have less than good responses, but they do have bullshit responses too. Arrive on the forum with a problem that you don't understand well enough to formulate a "good" question. You can be jumped on for not doing your homework before offering up a question. Doesn't happen all the time, but it's often enough to turn me off.
To replace SO, the AI will need some snottiness trained into it. Then the snot will have to be metered, so the replies look thoughtful and helpful about 89% of the time, the remainder aimed at embarrassing people for being ignorant.
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