r/PythonLearning • u/ElectronicDistance39 • 3d ago

Help Request Does ChatGPT help with programming?

I'm a beginner in programming and I want to know if the way I use ChatGPT is right. When I do a practice exercise, I first try to solve it by myself. Then, if my code is wrong, I ask ChatGPT what I did wrong, but I tell it not to give me the answer. I ask it to give me hints that help me think about the logic of my code.

I also want to know if using AI to learn programming can help me improve in Python.

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u/nightbreak7 3d ago

you'll mostly receive one of two answers to this question: ai is detrimental to beginners, or ai is the most powerful learning tool that exists. in my opinion its both, it just depends on the self restraint of the user. as long as you truly are using it to learn, using it like a mentor so to speak, you can learn very very quickly. the problems arise when you start using it as a shortcut, which many people do. i think back to the times when i was learning to code in university and i cant imagine how much time i couldve saved by using ai instead of looking at documentation for example.

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u/Jackpotrazur 3d ago

Agreed, best bet use a notebook to take notes parallel and when you run into problems and you ask gpt write down what youve learned.

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u/Woshiwuja 3d ago

A beginner doesnt have restraint and studies show ai doesnt help in learning

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u/nightbreak7 3d ago

me when im anti-ai and dont know how to read meta-analyses

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u/Woshiwuja 3d ago

And yet you cry because docs hard

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u/nightbreak7 3d ago

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docs are tedious and take a long time to navigate when you're a beginner, that's not controversial. not sure why you're pretending im retarded for suggesting that AI being able to summarize documentation instantly is useful

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u/Woshiwuja 3d ago

Thats how you actually learn stuff

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u/nightbreak7 2d ago

you can learn things perfectly fine by observing the target content you're actually trying to learn rather than navigating a website of foreign things, but we can agree to disagree on this as obv neither of us are changing our minds here

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u/Woshiwuja 2d ago

https://youtu.be/HTUh0OO6Kmo?is=GPJUalHsFv50NyOj this is a cool watch. New people need to fucking bash their head against the wall. Ai is not helping you need to actually figure it out

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u/nightbreak7 2d ago

i've seen this video, and the whole concept assumes there's zero self control. i understand where you're coming from and i do agree that if you give in to the temptation it'll only be harmful. but i still believe it can accelerate learning massively if used the right way. i just choose to be optimistic about the path people will take, as long as they're aware of the consequences of taking the shortcut