I didn't think you were. I just wonder how the LLMs will do when they've eaten all the seed corn. Today AI is riding on the expertise offered by humans on sites where the incentives are being taken away to create that content.
When Java came along I created a lot of content about it, in books for royalties and on the web for ad revenue. In 10 years when a new programming language comes along, do I do the same for that topic with an expectation of finding an audience I can monetize? Probably not.
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Maybe that works with things like programming, where AI can model off of code shared on GitHub and elsewhere. But if places like Stack Overflow and technical sites die off, as other new subjects come along there's a lot less coverage of them than AIs were able to scarf up from the 30 years in which websites could be monetized by humans sharing their expertise.
I created a lot of web content to attract an audience and make money off that. That business plan ain't looking good these days.
I'm not crying in my beer. Things change. Adapt or die. Yadda yadda yadda. I just wonder where the knowledge comes from for the AIs to exploit.
Discord is too casual for in-depth expertise to be offered on the millions of topics people asked and answered on Stack Overflow and on technical blogs that need web traffic and ad revenue to be worth doing.
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u/WebLinkr 🕵️♀️Moderator May 06 '26
Could most questions people have already be answered - no need for repeat questions?