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Mastodon user praises Stack Overflow over AI "slop bots"

A user on Mastodon shared their positive experience with answers on Stack Overflow, contrasting them with less accurate responses from AI "slop bots." They noted that while it requires sifting through multiple answers, Stack Overflow's content is generally reliable. AI

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Mastodon user praises Stack Overflow over AI "slop bots"

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ eniko i still go there a lot ❤️ unlike # slop bot answers, the one on SO tend to be pretty accurate (at least if you take the time to look through 2-3 of them

    @ eniko i still go there a lot ❤️ unlike # slop bot answers, the one on SO tend to be pretty accurate (at least if you take the time to look through 2-3 of them for an answer, rather than just blindly trusting top pick) # NoAI # NoSlop # ensloppification # AI # LLM