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| title | date | permalink | tags | cta | snippet | |
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| Don't over rely on AI | 2025-01-12 | daily/2025/01/12/reliance |
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~ | I've noticed I've started to go to AI for answers to simple questions I could find or figure out myself. Am I losing my problem-solving skills? |
I've occasionally been experimenting with AI whilst programming.
Not in my editor, but asking it questions if I'm unsure how to do something or something isn't working.
As a pair programming partner of sorts.
Its results and suggestions are still mixed.
But I've noticed I've started to ask AI for answers to simple questions I can find or figure out myself.
Things like how to show more verbose output for a command, which I can find from the command's help text or manual.
This was part of a larger issue which, instead of asking AI, I would usually investigate by reading the available documentation or source code.
I don't want to lose my problem solving skills.
I like reading documentation and code to learn more about the tools I'm using and to solve issues I encounter.
I like to read articles others have written on their websites about the same or similar issues.
Whilst AI can be a useful tool, I don't want to become over reliant on it.
I still want to be able to investigate, solve and learn things for myself and enjoy the process.