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We talk a lot about the Reddit thing, but can we also talk about the moderation strike at Stack Exchange? (meta.stackexchange.com)

submitted 1 year ago by AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

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I feel this one is even more impactful for those of us who work in technology, as well as all other areas that have a lot of resources in SE like linguistics and physics. It seems like most people are not aware that it is going on and how important their demands are. Imagine working in software without Stack Overflow, or having it overrun by chatGPT "wrong but convincing" answers.

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[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for sharing this. I'm a software engineer and I had no idea this was happening. This industry is wild right now. How long until this house of cards falls?

[–] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago

This LLM thing has been the straw that broke the camel's back on a lot of professions, from Holywood writers to software developers. Things have only been getting worse for a while to a lot of these professions but the sheer hyped trust that corporations have put on this useless technology is actually making the jobs of many people who work with human text much harder. Since we're not indexed by google I think I can even comment here that I managed to even make chatGPT generate scam emails that easily went through the gold standard gmail spam filters (the targets consented beforehand).

[–] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Soon, I'd imagine.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't bet on it, much as I'd like to. We often say "soon enough, it will fall" but death is slow...

[–] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, the feedback loops have already started. We ain't gonna be here that much longer; so when I say 'soon', it is more of a macro-level, 'it's the 4th quarter with under 60 seconds on the clock; the players'll start filing off the field any moment'.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Interesting...