What is even more helpful than answers on S.O. are the comments. Of course it is only to begin an investigation. But who will want to clarify properly if most of the answers are LLM garbage, too many to keep up with?
It is not simply "nice", or for internet points, to take time to answer other people's questions.
Being able to pass on knowledge is the glue of society and civilization. Cynicism about the value or reason of doing so is not a replacement for a functioning structure to educate people who want to learn or to point them in the right direction.
Not specifically Stack Overflow, but I don't think we are adapted to live in an environment where correct/useful knowledge is buried so deep in mountains of AI-generated advice which looks plausible but is in fact wrong.
It is not simply "nice", or for internet points, to take time to answer other people's questions.
Being able to pass on knowledge is the glue of society and civilization. Cynicism about the value or reason of doing so is not a replacement for a functioning structure to educate people who want to learn or to point them in the right direction.