Comment by nikanj

Comment by nikanj 19 hours ago

6 replies

And ChatGPT never closes your question without answer because it (falsely) thinks it's a duplicate of a different question from 13 years ago

nottorp 19 hours ago

But it does give you a ready to copy paste answer instead of a 'teach the man how to fish' answer.

  • nikanj 18 hours ago

    I'd rather have a copy paste answer than a "go fish" answer

  • addandsubtract 18 hours ago

    Not if you prompt it to explain the answer it gives you.

    • nottorp 18 hours ago

      Not the same thing. Copying code, even with comprehensive explanations, teaches less than writing/adjusting your own code based on advice.

      • elbear 14 hours ago

        It can also do that if you ask it. It can give you exercises that you can solve. But you have to specifically ask, because by default it just gives you code.

        • nottorp 14 hours ago

          Of course, I originally was picking on Stack Overflow's moderation.

          Which strongly discouraged trying to teach people.