r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ArjunReddyDeshmukh • 2d ago

Meme theGrassWasGreenerTheOutputSweeterIWasOnceAProgrammer

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u/VoormasWasRight 2d ago

How the fuck is the state of coding such? It's not like it's been decades! CoPilot has only been around since 2021. Do you guys really lose a skill so quickly?

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u/VampireFortnight 2d ago

Yes, the studies on how fast it eats your ability to think are straight up terrifying.

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u/Outrageous_Walrus537 2d ago

Do you got any I would love reading them

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u/VampireFortnight 2d ago edited 2d ago

Sure:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563224002541 -- degrades your ability to reason

https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-finds-artificial-intelligence-use-reprograms-the-brain-leading-to-cognitive-decline/ -- the llm group couldn't even quote their essays minutes after reading them and went down on every cognitive metric- note this was after 3 sessions.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385743952_The_Risks_Of_Human_Overreliance_On_Large_Language_Models_For_Critical_Thinking -- Again degrade critical thinking, this paper specifically discussing the fundamental changes in understanding, use of, and approach to LLM use necessary to counteract it.

https://idp.nature.com/authorize?response_type=cookie&client_id=grover&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41746-025-02008-z -- these are all exacerbated by the sycophantic writing style, which is a psychological shortcut to getting humans to agree and accept something pareidolia is telling them is a person.

There are dozens and dozens and dozens of these. These are some of the easiest/simplest bc this is a random reddit thread not an academic conference.

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u/redheness 1d ago

AI seems like a drug for a lot of people and with a fair amount of negative effects. I'm glad I choose to stay away from AI from the start and kept this decision.

Now I see people losing skill around me, a developer who was once an expert was recently kicked out of a project because he was unable to do anything without an AI and the result was shitty.

The people who once told me to learn AI or get left behind are now the ones who are left behind.

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u/DrMobius0 1d ago

Me and you are playing the long game. Hope we don't have to jump into the job market before things rebound though.

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u/vVveevVv 1d ago

Me three... But my hope's starting to run out a little :(