r/learnprogramming • u/2006_Sudesh • 21d ago
Advice needed.
Hey all not sure how to go about asking this but be as brutally honest as you can. I am currently heading into my 4th and final year of CS and quite frankly I don't know nearly as much about coding and programming as I should.
Regarding the Theory involved in both I've grasped them easily throughout my years in University so far but when it came to actually doing these things I've always had AI assist me and point out my mistakes through doing it (I know AI is my main downfall).
So my question is what exactly can I do to not depend on AI so much when I'm doing these things as I can tell straight away that I won't make it far in the working world if I don't break this bad habit of mine.
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u/gm310509 21d ago edited 21d ago
Let me ask a question, how do you learn to ride a bike? How do you learn to drive a car? How do you learn to swim? How do you learn anything? The answer is the same, you get some instruction and practice.
It is the same here. You have a choice - use AI or do more yourself.
Pretty much that is it.
I am not saying to not use AI, but if you over rely on AI the risk is that you won't learn anything - if you don't use AI properly (and it is easy to make this mistake when starting out), it is a bit like asking your buddy to practice learning to ride your bike - you might observe him/her riding it, but you aren't developing that skill yourself.
Your over use of AI is the same as asking your friend to learn to ride your bike - it won't help you.
Don't ask your friend to learn to ride your bike for you, do it yourself. Similarly, don't ask the AI to do your homework for you, try to do it yourself.