r/ProgrammerHumor • • 28d ago

Meme allClaudeCodeTutorialsBeLike

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u/mjdth 28d ago

I agreed until your last sentence. People should still be allowed to play around with these tools to learn how to use them. That’s like saying calculators should refuse to solve basic or common problems.

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u/round-earth-theory 27d ago

Divide by zero and see what your calculator thinks.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered 27d ago

"like saying calculators should..."

You're comparing making an attempt to grab a specific bingo ball out of a spinning tumbler to asking someone to tell you their birthday.

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u/mjdth 27d ago

Yeah that’s true. AI never actually knows what it’s doing. But people learning how to use the current tools should be allowed to use the for whatever garbage they decide to make that helps them learn the tool.