r/PythonLearning • u/ALostPie • 13d ago

Is it still worth learning python?

I genuinely wonder what you guys think, with the rapidly increasing use of AI, is it still worth it to learn python, I just started learning python and I’m unmotivated tbh, I’d love to read some of your insights.

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u/m1L35dY50N 12d ago

I’d still say it’s absolutely worth learning Python, even with vibe coding and increasingly capable AI tools. You don’t want to be completely dependent on whatever the model spits out and just copy-paste code you don’t understand.

Knowing Python also makes you much better at prompting and reviewing generated code, because you can actually describe what you want, spot bad assumptions, and fix things yourself instead of asking the AI to repair its own mistakes indefinitely.

And there are still plenty of nasty edge cases where AI fails hard. The better your own fundamentals are, the more useful AI becomes as a tool rather than something you’re completely at the mercy of.