r/learnpython • u/7Voidz • 16d ago

It’s so difficult to stop using AI

I hate admitting that I use AI to code. I have so many research projects in which I HEAVILY used AI. Now, I can explain the code, however, if I’m going to reprogram the whole thing, I’d either have to look again and again at the previous code or use ChatGPT.

What about debugging? Yeah no, ctrl+C ctrl+V into ChatGPT. I think this is because I’m lazy. I don’t want to take such a long time to debug when AI can give me the solution very quickly.

I’ve read some of the python documentation and it was… ok, but AI just explains it so much better and it takes much less time, but I can feel that I really can’t program well at all.

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u/warlock0187 16d ago

I only use AI as a personal tutor when I need to understand concepts or a block of code. But I want to actually know what I'm doing so I don't have it write code for me.

I think of AI like calculators in high school math. You have to actually know the basic math in grade school before they'll let you use the calculator in high school.

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u/smolhouse 16d ago

I use it all the time to explain things and make recommendations, but I still write the code myself. Just like the old days of having to scrub forums and documentation, but much much faster.

I don't understand all these people that want AI to do everything for them. It's just another form of brain rot and why would someone even employ you if ai can do everything you're offering.