SO by design gets its traffic from Google Search. If Google for whatever reason is sending less traffic, then SO will decline.
Yes, AI coding assistants will mean less frequent Googling occurs during development, but also, when Googling is required it usually goes beyond SO and more towards primary sources as the former's results strongly overlap with the AI assistants capabilities.
Yes, AI coding assistants will mean less frequent Googling occurs during development, but also, when Googling is required it usually goes beyond SO and more towards primary sources as the former's results strongly overlap with the AI assistants capabilities.