Burtch G, Lee D, Chen Z (2024). The consequences of generative AI for online knowledge communities

“Generative artificial intelligence technologies, especially large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, are revolutionizing information acquisition and content production across a variety of domains.” This resea”rch provides inital evidence that Gen AI impacts “participation and content production in online knowledge communities” by “analyzing data from Stack Overflow and Reddit developer communities.” Unlike Stack Overflow, “activity in Reddit communities shows no evidence of decline, suggesting the importance of social fabric as a buffer against the community-degrading effects of LLMs.”(Scientific Reports). Read the publication, The consequences of generative AI for online knowledge communities in Scientific Reports, here.

This publication was written by Burtch G, Lee D, and Chen Z.