[kwstas]

I really don't buy it. There is considerably more interest in google trends for ChatGPT compared to StackOverflow. But I dont see one replacing the other. At least for me.

I do not believe the google trend graphs,like "the scariest graph", in this post accurately reflect a decline of SO.

There is a place for AI tools and StackOverflow is not the friendliest of places but the quality disparity between the answers you get when comparing the two is very clear to me.

> This year, overall, we’re seeing an average of ~5% less traffic compared to 2022. Stack Overflow remains a trusted resource for millions of developers and technologists. [...] Conversely, in April of this year, we saw an above average traffic decrease (~14%), which we can likely attribute to developers trying GPT-4 after it was released in March.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/08/08/insights-into-stack-ov...

[dustincoates]

The Google Trends graph stuck out to me. You're comparing something that didn't exist before December and had broad appeal, to something that people arrive at generally by searching a question. They aren't at all comparable. (I imagine you'd see the same graph if you compared ChatGPT with Facebook. Doesn't mean ChatGPT is replacing social media.)

[jeroenvlek]

Agreed. ChatGPT might overtake StackOverflow, but that first graph does not suggest it, because StackOverflow itself remains constant, it doesn't decline in that graph.