[kamaal]

>>And obviously the reason why it sees such a decline is because AI (ChatGPT and similar) took the job of answering the basic questions about programming that StackOverflow used to help with.

A big reason why AI is replacing these things. A big part is the experience itself. There are quite a few people who have have been repulsed due to the smugness, or other wise having their questions marked duplicate/irrelevant/stupid etc.

AI is also pretty much instant. You can also talk to it like you are talking to a person.

The killer AI feature!---> AI listens, without judging you.