alt Hacker NewsI'm no fan of AI in terms of its long term consequences, but being able to "just do things" with the aid of AI tools, diving head first into the most difficult programming projects, is going to improve the human programming skills worldwide to levels never before imaginable
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pragmatic • today at 5:28 PM
How would it improve skills?
Does driving a car improve your running speed?
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>is going to improve the human programming skills worldwide to levels never before imaginable
"We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery. On a quiz that covered concepts they’d used just a few minutes before, participants in the AI group scored 17% lower than those who coded by hand"
https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skil...