I used to ask questions on various /r/Ask subreddits. For example, AskHistorians and AskPhilosophy. Just as ChatGPT became more available, these subreddits dec

I used to ask questions on various /r/Ask subreddits. For example, AskHistorians and AskPhilosophy. Just as ChatGPT became more available, these subreddits decided to make their posting policies unnecessarily strict. The "answering culture" has also become more hostile, with people downvoting questions that don't fit into the monoculture of Reddit's hivemind. And so I have found ChatGPT to be very useful for asking about philosophical and historical questions, specifically asking for resources on a particular topic/problem. E.g., "Has any philosopher written about XYZ topic?" It will sometimes give me imaginary resources, but usually it'll recommend actual books written on the subject.