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Stack Overflow mods go on strike (openletter.mousetail.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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and as always, the culprit is ChatGPT. Stack Overflow Inc. won't let their mods take down AI-generated content

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I say that there's a natural asymptotic limit to the current approach to training generative AI and we are already near it. It may take decades for the next breakthrough to be established.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Since GPT is just trying to predict what words come next, it’s not really thinking of what it’s saying. Adding a thought process to it would be the next big thing. When that happens, stack overflow and other troubleshooting forums like that will be about as useful as a phone book. Sure, you can still use them, but why would you when there’s something so much better available.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Adding that is not something that can be done using the current approach. A new approach is not guaranteed to be found, may not be found anytime soon, could have been found by someone that hasn't made it public yet.