Re:Stack Exchange Moderator Strike
by donmcronald on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @12:54PM
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I think it'll be interesting to see how Stack Exchange holds up against all the AI stuff.
On one hand, I go there to find info about things I don't understand, so I'm going to have a hard time spotting hallucinated junk. On the other hand, topic experts normally point out mistakes and differences in opinion and I find the competing viewpoints to be extremely helpful at times.
So, I would say the debate and iteration on "the best" solution for problems is the thing I like most about Stack Exchange. The thing I fear the most is having that debate and iteration polluted by AI to the point where the signal to noise ratio becomes too high to be useful.
On one hand, I go there to find info about things I don't understand, so I'm going to have a hard time spotting hallucinated junk. On the other hand, topic experts normally point out mistakes and differences in opinion and I find the competing viewpoints to be extremely helpful at times.
So, I would say the debate and iteration on "the best" solution for problems is the thing I like most about Stack Exchange. The thing I fear the most is having that debate and iteration polluted by AI to the point where the signal to noise ratio becomes too high to be useful.