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but github copilot came out right around that time…

yes! this! is chatgpt intelligent: no! does it more often than not give good enough answers to daily but somewhat obscure ans specific programming questions: yes! is a person on SO intelligent: maybe. do they give good enough answers to daily but somewhat obscure ans specific programming questions: mostly

Its not great for complex stuff, but for quick questions if you are stuck. the answers are given quicker, without snark and usually work

the good thing if it gives you the answer in a programming language is that its quite simple tontestvif the output is what you expect, also a lot of humans hive wrong answers…

and copilot and chatgpt give good enough answers without being unfriendly

Depending on the type of book you need, libgen.is can be really useful