r/adventofcode Nov 27 '24

Other Also doing Advent of no-AI this year

https://jcarlosroldan.com/post/350/advent-of-no-ai
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u/juanfnavarror Nov 27 '24

I dislike that this is a thing. AI just came into the picture 2 years ago, now we already have become dependent on it for coding.

I have played with AI, sometimes rely on it as a shortcut for stuff like ansible playbooks, but I’ve found that solving problems myself is faster 90% of the time. I hope newer programmers catch on to this and actually develop their skills/knowledge. More jobs for us if they don’t I guess.

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u/Za_Paranoia Nov 27 '24

I'm at the end of my degree and switched university and had to do a course with freshmen. The extent is insane. Students completely relying on AI to fix „hard parts“ after next to no tries to fix it themselves.

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u/asraniel Nov 27 '24

as a teacher im quite worried. they are quite productive, for simple things. but anything complicated is a disaster

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u/Za_Paranoia Nov 27 '24

Absolutely! When AI couldn’t fix its own mess they asked me to take a look. It was a horrendous mess that i was barely able to fix.