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Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by jplusequalt on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @02:54PM (#45119234)
>Would that experience get eroded though?

Yes. If you stop doing something, you get worse at it. There is literally no exception to this that I'm aware of. In the future where everyone is dependent on ever larger amounts of code, the possibility that nobody will be equipped to write/debug that code should scare you.

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Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by CuriouslyC on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @03:37PM (#45119649)
The amount of weightlifting a strength athlete needs to do to stay near their peak (but outside medal range) is ~15% of a full training workload. People can play instruments once a month and still be exceptional once the pathways are set down. Are you getting slightly worse at direct code jockeying? Sure, but not a lot, and you're getting superpowers in exchange.
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Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by jplusequalt on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @04:24PM (#45120010)
Both of these examples have much more to do with muscle memory than critical thinking.
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Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by jplusequalt on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @04:25PM (#45120019)
>and you're getting superpowers in exchange

The superpower you speak of is to become a product manager, and lose out on the fun of problem solving. If that's the future of tech, I want nothing to do with it.

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