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Re:Inside The Decline of Stack Exchange by Zamicol on Monday August 14, 2023 @01:21PM (#37123728)
I agree. Too often on Stack Overflow are incorrect answers upvoted, and correct answers are absent or buried.

With ChatGPT, when it provides incorrect answers I've had good luck explaining the error. ChatGPT usually revises answers into useful output.

Re:Inside The Decline of Stack Exchange by sanderjd on Monday August 14, 2023 @02:03PM (#37124352)
Yes, it's the back and forth that I highly value, and that is entirely absent (indeed, impossible) on SO.

I am frequently saying things like "no, that's not right, ..." or "no, that's not what I meant, ..." or "could you keep this part, which seems good, but replace the rest with a different approach like ...".

Think how rude it would be to micro-manage a volunteer answer on SO!