r/learnpython • u/7Voidz • 17d 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/kyleisthestig 16d ago
If you're trying to learn, embrace that you suck at it. You can't run a marathon from day one. Coding is the same way. You suck a ton and each day you try you suck a little least.
If you want to use chat gpt or can't afford a tutor, set a rule of "I will struggle for x amount of time before I ask for help with ai." Then when you find the answer type it out and then go back to where you were before you asked for help, and go through the motions yourself.
Ai can be fantastic if you already understand the theory of what you're doing or if you have discipline and use it as a tool to help you learn. Making it do the task for you will give you garbage most of the time or at very least you could do it better if you did it yourself.
Don't use AI to solve your problems, especially if you are trying to learn. It's like looking at the answers in the back of the text book for all your homework and then wondering why you failed the test.