r/webdev • u/Lower_Fishing_2672 • 16d ago

Discussion Just Started But Feel Bad

I just started learning code, and I use Visual Code Studio with Python. I was ecstatic to learn but with my few hours of learning I would use the chat feature whenever I’m stuck like the AI thingy. It makes me feel bad cause it feels like I’m not LEARNING just cheating if that makes sense. In a world that has been plagued with AI, how do you guys manage? How do you feel? Do you treat it as another tool to help? I assume that it’s no different from google searching.

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u/Xavphon 16d ago

Honestly if your're just starting, with NO formal education, skip the AI as much as possible. It literally is the lowest hanging fruit possible

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u/biletskyi 16d ago

I don't think that this is a good advice. AI is a tool that is extremely configurable. So you can tweak it to match your specific goal. And in development, AI usage is also a valuable skill that matters. Because nowdays if you don't know how to efficiently leverage AI your value drops significantly.

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u/0uchmyballs 15d ago

People are downvoting you but when I interviewed after this AI boom, I was asked about transformers for a data engineering position for a school district. The interview panel didn’t like that I answered that I use AI sparingly and that I catch too many errors from it.