Re:Ask HN: Are AI Copilots Eroding Our Programming Skills?
by KaranSohi on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @01:30PM
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Don't think so, as long as you give a quick read to the code that is being generated and you're using it as an assistant I think they're really helpful.
Also, I'm having a hard time picking and sticking to one or few tools given the variety and multiple releases happening in the market.
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Re:Ask HN: Are AI Copilots Eroding Our Programming Skills?
by scarface_74 on Thursday July 03, 2025 @06:36PM
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Well an analogy would be like learning a second language…
In order, my ability to understand Spanish (ie I am close to B1 proficiency)
1. Reading Spanish
2. Typing Spanish (with autocorrect)
3. Speaking Spanish
4. Understanding spoken Spanish at normal speed (horrible at it).
Just because (the royal) you can read the code that ChatGPT creates, doesn’t mean that you can write the code (#2), talk intelligently about the code (#3) or understand the concepts when used in a large codebase (#4).