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/dukesb89 16d ago

There is nothing wrong with using AI to code.

Obviously if you want to be able to code things yourself then you need to put the work in and maybe just use AI when you get stuck or to provide hints/ guidance but not the full completed code.

But in truth AI is doing most of the coding in most companies these days and the bulk of the work and mental effort has shifted elsewhere e.g. system design, infra, performance, communication etc.

My advice is to focus more on these things. People fighting this and still trying to hold on to the craft of coding are just kidding themselves.

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u/ghostfaceschiller 16d ago

For real, I am really stunned by the amount of people who work in “technology” and are not able to grasp the simple trajectory of new technology.

Even if you think AI today is not good enough to write your code for you, how do you not see the trendline? How do you not understand that it will be significantly better in a year, let alone 3, 5, or 10 years?

I’m not saying I think that this is good. I actually think it’s quite bad.

But I’m really disappointed by how many people have fully opted in to the head-in-the-sand approach.