holgerfrohloff
holgerfrohloff

nmn.gl/blog/ai-i…

It crept up on me subtly.

First, I stopped reading documentation. Why bother when AI could explain things instantly?

Then, my debugging skills took the hit. Stack traces now feel unapproachable without AI. I don’t even read error messages anymore, I just copy and paste them.

I’ve become a human clipboard, a mere intermediary between my code and an LLM.

I sincerely hope you don’t share the author’s experience.

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heyloura
heyloura

@holgerfrohloff This definitely resonates with me:

We’re not becoming 10x developers with AI. We’re becoming 10x dependent on AI. There’s a difference.

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holgerfrohloff
holgerfrohloff

@heyloura 🤔 I do like to use LLMs for some tasks as well. For developing and writing code I haven't found them particularly useful. But maybe my habits and workflows are already too ingrained and I am too old 😂 I do not see a dependency building up for me. It does for you?

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heyloura
heyloura

@holgerfrohloff I haven't used LLMs much for coding. I also don't pay for any, so the ones I have tried are free and haven't really produced anything useful for me. The code was often buggy and needed adjustments. My comment was inspired more from talks at my workplace/with other developers and just the general feeling of it.

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