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AI Didn’t Make Programming Easier. It Just Made It Differently Difficult (cacm.acm.org)
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[–] Reptorian@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

This is why I only use AI as a last resort tool, I never use AI otherwise. AI can't really solve problems as well as humans do. I see it as only a tool, but last resort tool. I have only resorted to it 5x in the span of two years.