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Re: Use of ChatGPT generated text for posts on Stack Overflow is temporarily banned

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Post by colesantiago »

StackOverflow and Google are finished.

This is expected and it may not look like it now, but banning an advancement in technology (even temporary) is usually the first step to irrelevance of those pushing back.

In a few years from now when ChatGPT and perhaps the much awaited GPT-4 are released, get better, (or even an implementation is open sourced) it will further plummet the usage for SO and Google.

The genie is out of the bottle and there is no going back, I'll give it less than 15 years.

Re: Use of ChatGPT generated text for posts on Stack Overflow is temporarily banned

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Post by mrg3_2013 »

colesantiago wrote: post #3

StackOverflow and Google are finished. This is expected and it may not look like it now, but banning an advancement in technology (even temporary) is usually the first step to irrelevance of those pushing back. In a few years from now when ChatGPT and perhaps the much awaited GPT-4 are released, get better, (or even an implementation is open sourced) it will further plummet the usage for SO and Google. The genie is o…

well, nothing stops google from baking this into their search. But it feels harsh to claim SO is finished. SO is human curated and has an edge (today). And for all we know, chatGPT learnt from SO and can synthesize results that are almost good.

Re: Use of ChatGPT generated text for posts on Stack Overflow is temporarily banned

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Post by N3cr0ph4g1st »

colesantiago wrote: post #3

StackOverflow and Google are finished. This is expected and it may not look like it now, but banning an advancement in technology (even temporary) is usually the first step to irrelevance of those pushing back. In a few years from now when ChatGPT and perhaps the much awaited GPT-4 are released, get better, (or even an implementation is open sourced) it will further plummet the usage for SO and Google. The genie is o…

Google is most likely already working on its own version. They have the resources and ML chops to probably build one far more powerful. I'd bet they'll stay dominant

Re: Use of ChatGPT generated text for posts on Stack Overflow is temporarily banned

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Post by jmugan »

colesantiago wrote: post #3

StackOverflow and Google are finished. This is expected and it may not look like it now, but banning an advancement in technology (even temporary) is usually the first step to irrelevance of those pushing back. In a few years from now when ChatGPT and perhaps the much awaited GPT-4 are released, get better, (or even an implementation is open sourced) it will further plummet the usage for SO and Google. The genie is o…

I don't think so, especially for StackOverflow. I want correct answers, not answers that just look correct.

Re: Use of ChatGPT generated text for posts on Stack Overflow is temporarily banned

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Post by homero »

jmugan wrote: post #6
colesantiago wrote: post #3

StackOverflow and Google are finished. This is expected and it may not look like it now, but banning an advancement in technology (even temporary) is usually the first step to irrelevance of those pushing back. In a few years from now when ChatGPT and perhaps the much awaited GPT-4 are released, get better, (or even an implementation is open sourced) it will further plummet the usage for SO and Google. The genie is o…

I don't think so, especially for StackOverflow. I want correct answers, not answers that just look correct.

And actual comments with real world tips

Re: Use of ChatGPT generated text for posts on Stack Overflow is temporarily banned

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Post by crabmusket »

colesantiago wrote: post #3

StackOverflow and Google are finished. This is expected and it may not look like it now, but banning an advancement in technology (even temporary) is usually the first step to irrelevance of those pushing back. In a few years from now when ChatGPT and perhaps the much awaited GPT-4 are released, get better, (or even an implementation is open sourced) it will further plummet the usage for SO and Google. The genie is o…

"Finished" and "less than 15 years" don't quite go together, I think.

Re: Use of ChatGPT generated text for posts on Stack Overflow is temporarily banned

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Post by uejfiweun »

colesantiago wrote: post #3

StackOverflow and Google are finished. This is expected and it may not look like it now, but banning an advancement in technology (even temporary) is usually the first step to irrelevance of those pushing back. In a few years from now when ChatGPT and perhaps the much awaited GPT-4 are released, get better, (or even an implementation is open sourced) it will further plummet the usage for SO and Google. The genie is o…

To be fair, Google is working on something very similar: https://blog.google/technology/ai/lamda/

Given Google's resources and scale, I'd wager that whatever they have is on par with, if not better than, OpenAI's models.

All this being said, I disagree with your hypothesis. Google does have certain benefits that pretrained models won't easily be able to replicate. For instance, keeping up-to-date and accurate data about restaurant hours, locations, etc. Additionally, it's pretty difficult to know if the LLMs are giving you correct information or not. I think these models still need more innovations before they replace Google. Not to say the current gen isn't useful, but the current Venn diagram of Google use cases and ChatGPT use cases is barely overlapping IMO.

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