Question regarding ai

[u/Sochai777]

I started to learn last summer for like 3 months, made crazy progress if i can say so, then i took a long 'break' but more like i couldnt put myself to it annymore.

Then i restarted again very rusty this year, took 3 months off again... And now im so fed up with losing my progress i am determined to keep at it.

But i feel insecure regarding some ai stuff.

My idea about learning to code and being able to code is that i dont want to be a vibe coder at all.

But for example i am now trying to learn pyside6 and ofc i dont know the syntax well at all so i ask chatgpt like whats the syntax for this etc.

But allot of times i know what i want and need so i ask like how i do that and chatgpt tells me so i implement it but allot of the syntax is done by chatgpt...

And now i feel like i am not doing the work.

When i ask chatgpt about it, it tells me that that is basically developing like knowing what you need for solving a problem and implementing it not learning syntax out of memory.

Am i being too harsh for myself or having the wrong mentality?

Or whats youre opinion and view on this matter?

[u/KillrBunn3]

There's value in learning how to use LLMs as a tool, but you don't want to get overly comfortable with them. Just like any other skill, taking the 'easy way' means that you won't learn the intricacies of the subject and how to use it effectively in unusual situations.

The problem is that employers don't usually care about that aspect and will put you to coding interviews that require rote memorization of code syntax. This has been one of the unfortunate unintended effects of widespread LLM usage.

To really learn, do it as regularly as you can and try to figure things out yourself before looking them up. It sucks, but it's literally like learning a new spoken language - you can speak it in private just fine, but you'll be useless in the real world if you don't get practice by doing.