AI is making me dumb
4 hours ago
- #self-doubt
- #AI dependency
- #skill deterioration
- The author finds it tempting to use AI for writing articles, code, and documents, but feels it is diminishing their own writing and coding abilities.
- Using AI for coding over the past year or two has led to forgetting how to code, prompting efforts to relearn coding by hand.
- There is a belief that software development skills will not disappear entirely due to AI, with a continued need for people who can read and write code, though likely fewer in number.
- AI might reverse a trend of high demand for software developers, potentially restoring professionalism as seen in earlier eras when programmers were often physicists or mathematicians.
- The article highlights self-doubt and imposter syndrome as factors driving reliance on AI, with the author resisting the urge to use AI for editing this piece.