is ai will replace community like stack over flow, sitepoint and similar website?
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Is the people prefer ai or community?
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Not AI will, people will.
As sozial connections are getting less and less important for the new generations, I guess, we will have no more real interactions in the future.
I am afraid of this evolution …
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How exactly would AI take over sitepoint? An AI doesnt need to ask questions. It has no purpose for a forum like sitepoint.
Will an AI bot take over answering all the questions? Not likely; If you wanted an AI answer, you’d go to an AI site, so why would someone invest the time to create an AI to answer questions on someone else’s site, rather than just… running their own?
Will AI created posts take over? Maybe, one day. But the quality of the posts would go down, as would the helpfulness.
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Pulled the switch = AI is dead.
But who pulled it? A human. HUMANS WON.
At least that’s how I see the possible future, even though there are bots filling the internet right now, they are far (very far) from being ideal and will not be able to replace us.
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Seriously? You think people would rather “speak” to a chatbot than real human beings? Good luck!
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I am look what people think
Why don’t you tell us what you think?
Ever seen the advertisment for „Gemini“ from Google? Its exact what they want us to sell as being the new super cool thing…
I say we let the bots talk to each other and then people can go back to talking to people.
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AI can handle many coding queries efficiently, but community-driven sites like Stack Overflow and SitePoint offer diverse perspectives, real-world experience, and discussions that AI alone cannot fully replace. Instead of replacing them, AI is more likely to complement these communities by providing quick answers and automating repetitive tasks.
Actually the staff here made a decision to ban AI generated answers. This was after considering to poor quality of the AI responses that were being posted. They often don’t take into account the full context of the question and responses already given, leading to quite generic an unuseful posts.
It’s also quite redundant, as someone who is happy to get an answer from AI could simply ask AI themself. They come to a community for a human response specifically, becase that’s what a community or forum is, a place for people.
As for repetitive tasks, I would say the most repetitive task here as a moderator is removing all the spam posts we get. Since there is a current trend of using AI to generate spam content in greater quantitiy, in less time, AI is in fact increasing the (repetitive) workload for forum staff.
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AI is a combination of technologies. Such as Natural Language is the recognition of the languages that people use. There are also expert systems that consist of a knowledge base and a way to search the knowledge base. In this context, AI uses those technologies. Natural Language is used to understand the question and then determine something to look up in the knowledge base. The knowledge base consists of knowledge obtained elsewhere. AI is essentially an improved version of a search engine.
As far as I know, every AI system that currently exists must have some knowledge of existing solutions to problems. I believe no system yet can truly develop solutions to problems that have not yet been solved by people.
What distinguishes an AI from a human is experience, and as such, an AI will never overtake a human. Therefore, there is no need to worry about AI replacing the community in the near future.
In my opinion, maybe not. There will always be a need to look at a forum if you need to try a different way to solve a problem. I feel like the AI will only show the mainstream answers or the most common answers.
There is no doubt that artificial intelligence is making online communities more diverse, but it won’t replace the human-driven community entirely. A machine learning algorithm can facilitate moderation, answer FAQs, and facilitate discussions, but real engagement comes from genuine human connections, shared experiences, and creativity—which AI simply cannot replicate. By making interactions more efficient and smooth, AI will likely enhance communities rather than replace them. AI should be used as a tool, not as a replacement.
Good example above. 
I was just reading, the below link and the use of AI for code writing is creating an explosion of copy paste (creation of duplicate code) instead of good software engineering principles.
We need to understand that AI code assistant is a tool, and like any tool you need to know how to use it. A hammer by itself cannot create a beautiful furniture but in the hand of craftsman can do wonders.
AI Copilot Code Quality: 2025 Look Back at 12 Months of Data
It depends on the context. People prefer AI for efficiency and automation, while they prefer community for social connection and support.
For me AI is good for being tutored on specific topics and spoon fed along the way. It cuts down the learning curve massively because you can get general information, then break down hyper-specific information you’re struggling to comprehend.
If you want instant explanation to part of their response you can get that, if you want 20 different ways to present a solution you can have that too, which is far superior to a forum model, where you have to wait on helpful people to use their time and effort.
The benefit of forums is people have real world experience and specific knowledge AI might not have. Right now forums are still very valuable, in 20 years, they will no longer be a place for solutions but more of an online community just to casually chat IMO.
AI is still in its infancy it’s a small fraction of what it’s future power will be.
I think AI will never let people kinda happiness and satisfaction because of communication with others