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I agree with the person you're answering. LLM-assisted coding is like reading a foreign language with a facing translation: most students who do this will make the mistake of thinking they've translated and understood the original text. They haven't. People are abysmal at maintaining an accurate mental accounting of attribution, authorship, and ownership.


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grim_iolast Monday at 2:26 PM

Why is it so hard for people to understand or appreciate the higher layers of abstraction, that lie above their preferred layers of comfort?

Think back on assembly programmers scoffing at c programmers.

Same arguments, probably same outcomes.

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