> An underrated quality of LLMs as study partner is that you can ask "stupid" questions without fear of embarrassment.

Even more important for me, as someone who did ask questions but less and less over time, is this: with GPTs I no longer have to the see passive-aggressive banner saying

> This question exists for historical reasons, not because it’s a good question."

all the time on other peoples questions, and typically on the best questions with the most useful answers there were.

As much as I have mixed feelings about where AI is heading, I’ll say this: I’m genuinely relieved I don’t need to rely on Stack Overflow anymore.

It is also deeply ironic how stackoverflow alienated a lot of users in the name of inclusion (the Monica case) but all the time they themselves were the ones who really made people like me uncomfortable.