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Jeff Atwood shares a reader's letter on what we lose when LLMs replace community help
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Jeff Atwood 公开了一封读者来信。写信人回忆 2013 年在菲律宾三宝颜围城期间，一边执行军事任务一边远程上大学，全靠 Stack Overflow 上的陌生网友无偿帮他解答作业、推他一把，才撑过了那段日子。他说，换成今天的大模型，确实能直接给答案，但当时他最需要的不是答案，而是知道有人愿意花时间帮他、在乎他。Atwood 借这件事提醒，大模...
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Sep 27
- Hacker News front pageJeff Atwood shares a reader's letter on what we lose when LLMs replace community help
Jeff Atwood published a reader email. The writer recalls being deployed during the 2013 Zamboanga siege and relying on strangers on Stack Overflow to finish his coursework. He says an LLM would have given him answers, but not the feeling that someone cared. Atwood argues that as LLMs get stronger, we should make an extra effort to build our own online communities and help each other.
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