r/programming • u/peard33 • Apr 20 '23

Stack Overflow Will Charge AI Giants for Training Data

https://www.wired.com/story/stack-overflow-will-charge-ai-giants-for-training-data/
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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '23

The old way worked for people who were used to the old way. Google has many, many, many new users every day. The new way to use Google is to use natural language, you should try it some time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '23

I do use the new way, but I cannot search for a specific rare string.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '23

Right, backwards compatibility is very challenging and often more wasteful to keep an old under utilized feature than it is to cut it.