On: Large language models reduce public knowledge sharing on online Q&A platforms

[lizknope]

I subscribe to a bunch of technical subreddits and over the last 2 years I've seen so many questions spammed to multiple subreddits. The account is new or every reply seems to be generic 1 line responses that could be autogenerated. I assume they are bot accounts to train an AI. Now before I write a longer technical explanation I look to determine if this is a real human asking and only then will I bother to reply.

[acuozzo → lizknope]

You're helping to train them regardless.

I reckon that, ultimately, the success of "gift culture", "kNoWlEdGe ShOuLd Be Free!!!1", F/OSS, et al. via the WWW will cast this entire Stallman-esque hacker ethos in a bad light.

We all work for IBM^H^H^HOpenAI, but there's nothing like the GPL to back us up now!