On top of that, the AI will take a plain no-context error message and give it a college try to figure it out. A lot of times it will be right.

On SO that experience is going to be “we closed this because you didn’t form a good question.”

And of course, that’s true, but it demonstrates the wide gulf in user experience between the two platforms.

If SO wants to be good, it will encourage a back-and-forth: "are you trying X?" but it doesn't want to be good. Private equity doesn't understand going concerns.