Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT

brindidrip wrote: post #3

hxugufjfjf wrote: post #2

Any examples?

Here is an example that I noticed: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74678832/change-text-col...

If its working code and indistinguishable from a human answer to anyone reading it, are there really any repercussions? I guess problems would surface if the model at some point is allowed to search the internet and start inbreeding its own answers.

Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT

#6

Post by solardev » Sun, Dec 04, 2022, 5:38 PM UTC

Overall quality gets better?

Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT

#7

Post by senko » Sun, Dec 04, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC

This is just a preview of things to come.

Wait a few weeks until Google is completely swamped with ChatGPT SEO pages barely distinguishable from the real thing.

If I worked at search quality at Google, I'd be very worried.

Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT

#8

Post by softwaredoug » Sun, Dec 04, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

I have no problem with this if they’re labeled as such, continue community owned, and can be edited like a Wikipedia article for corrections.

Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT

#9

Post by kposehn » Sun, Dec 04, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

senko wrote: post #7

This is just a preview of things to come. Wait a few weeks until Google is completely swamped with ChatGPT SEO pages barely distinguishable from the real thing. If I worked at search quality at Google, I'd be very worried.

The most recent update also managed to rank ML generated content above written content in many instances, compounding the problem. I absolutely expect a carpet bombing of SEO results with spam.

Re: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT

#10

Post by seydor » Sun, Dec 04, 2022, 6:02 PM UTC

Inevitability google will become a competitor to GPT, inadvertently