Stack Overflow, founded 17 years ago as a platform for programmers to share knowledge, must adapt to the rapid rise of generative AI, particularly ChatGPT. CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar highlights the significant impact AI tools have had on site traffic, traditionally driven by Google search queries. As interactions shift from human queries to direct AI prompts, Chandrasekar emphasizes the need for the community to respond to these changes in order to remain relevant. The evolution encapsulates a broader transformation of the internet and user behavior.
"Things have changed; we want to change with the times," Chandrasekar told me. "We wanted to go with the direction of the flow of the river."
"Our view is that the nature of the internet has changed. It's no longer mostly about paid search from human queries driving site traffic."
"The user interface has changed to be Gen AI tools," he observed. "And, so, we're having to sort of be as responsive to that industry change as possible."
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