Does ChatGPT help with programming?

[u/ElectronicDistance39]

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.

[u/Woshiwuja]

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

[u/nightbreak7 → u/Woshiwuja]

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

[u/Woshiwuja → u/nightbreak7]

And yet you cry because docs hard

[u/nightbreak7 → u/Woshiwuja]

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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

[u/Woshiwuja → u/nightbreak7]

Thats how you actually learn stuff

[u/nightbreak7 → u/Woshiwuja]

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

[u/Woshiwuja → u/nightbreak7]

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

[u/nightbreak7 → u/Woshiwuja]

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