Comment by iamflimflam1
2 days ago
I think back to how I learned to program when I was child. Blindly copying things from magazines and books with little to no understanding of what I was doing.
I see a lot of posts on forums stating that newbies should really understand the code they are producing.
Well I certainly didn’t when I was starting to learn.
When your code didn't work due to a typo in the magazine (surprisingly common!) or bug in the compiler itself, how did you fix it?
AI allows juniors to magically fix the mistakes or suggest an alternative solution without needing to _think_ themselves. It will cook up a script in seconds to approach the problem from a completely different angle.
I only use AI when I'm really stuck on something and enjoy learning new ways I had never even thought of before. This provides me another avenue to explore before asking AI to help again.