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sprynr commented on Stack Overflow announces 28% headcount reduction stackoverflow.blog/2023/1... · Posted by u/brycewray

Decabytes · 2 years ago

I wonder if a GPT powered SO would be helpful to cut down on newbie questions. I've found a lot of success ingesting an internal FAQ/documentation and wrapping it up in a little chatbot. Then asking the bot questions about it. It works better than control-f or some sort of fuzzy searching, and allows you to ask more general questions but still get specific answers. If the bot doesn't know then you can safely assume the question hasn't been asked, or the question is different enough to warrant asking it on SO

sprynr · 2 years ago

They basically did this with https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/07/27/announcing-overflowai/

sprynr commented on Stack Overflow is laying off another 28% theverge.com/2023/10/16/2... · Posted by u/sprynr

brycewray · 2 years ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37898199

sprynr · 2 years ago

Thank you! I totally missed that thread in my search to see if it had been posted

sprynr commented on Stack Overflow is laying off another 28% theverge.com/2023/10/16/2... · Posted by u/sprynr

wredue · 2 years ago

“Stack overflow did not elaborate”

A year after a major hiring push? Guessing it’s the “save money by ridding ourselves of expertise” workflow:

1) hire a bunch of fresh blood who are willing to work long hours for no money for some reason

2) get them trained up

3) lay off the expensive senior people

4) lol ceo big bonus

sprynr · 2 years ago

Sounds like engineering caught a break on this one, but overall I wouldn't be surprised.

sprynr commented on Stack Overflow is laying off another 28% theverge.com/2023/10/16/2... · Posted by u/sprynr

sprynr · 2 years ago

After 10% back in May, another round is coming through at 28% today.

Posted by u/sprynr 2 years ago

Stack Overflow is laying off another 28%theverge.com/2023/10/16/2...

sprynr commented on How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance? economist.com/business/20... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

psd1 · 3 years ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't fabs need plentiful water?

Why Arizona and Texas...?

sprynr · 3 years ago

> State leaders had helped persuade the companies to open the facilities by offering big tax breaks and water and other infrastructure grants. > Intel soon announced a $20 billion expansion in Chandler, with two additional factories that would bring 3,000 new jobs to the state. Chandler also approved $30 million in water and road improvements for the new plants.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/technology/arizona-chips-...

Basically just told them "Don't worry about it, we'll foot the bill for any infrastructure needed to get you your water"

sprynr commented on Stack Overflow announces a GenAI VS Code extension stackoverflow.co/labs/cod... · Posted by u/sprynr

sprynr · 3 years ago

Looks like this will use their public Q&A answers first to generate answers? It's not open to the public yet though so only time will tell how well it pulls from their site.

They also announce some more public platform facing features that will use GenAI: https://stackoverflow.co/labs/

Posted by u/sprynr 3 years ago

Stack Overflow announces a GenAI VS Code extension stackoverflow.co/labs/cod...

sprynr commented on Is training an AI on public sources breaking copyright? twitter.com/alexjc/status... · Posted by u/sprynr

sprynr · 5 years ago

The way I look at this is the same way as if an art student goes and looks at 50 surrealist art pieces and then goes and attempts to paint one themselves. That doesn't break copyright and yet they've "trained" themselves by looking at those pieces of art. So, if that is true for an art student, why not an AI?

Posted by u/sprynr 5 years ago

Is training an AI on public sources breaking copyright?twitter.com/alexjc/status...

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