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StackOverflow is a bad example, because you see the context, and this is what is definitely missing from ChatGPT. On SO, you see the votes for this answer, you
by TheRoque 3y ago
StackOverflow is a bad example, because you see the context, and this is what is definitely missing from ChatGPT. On SO, you see the votes for this answer, you see the date, you see the comments, you see the user who posted it etc. etc. When I check answers on SO, I immediately check at the date, because sometimes it makes the answer invalid, which you can't do on ChatGPT since it's a complete black box. I prefer other tools like Phind or Bing that attempt to show the sources of what they're saying, but it's still a lot of things to process.
- noman-land 3y agoStackOverflow isn't the best example for the reasons you outlined. I was just trying to illustrate the trust but verify mindset. Any time you find an explanation or a solution or anything out in the world, you test it out, read about it, look up terms, etc, to get your head around what's being suggested. It's not blind copy pasting and it shouldn't be.