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Github Copilot isn't helping beginners the way people claim
I was in a Discord for new coders last night and saw everyone raving about AI tools like Copilot. So I dug into a study from Pluralsight that said beginners who use AI helpers actually learn 30% slower than those who don't. It makes sense when you think about it - you just copy the suggested code without understanding why it works. Has anyone else noticed their problem solving getting worse after relying on autocomplete?
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rowangonzalez1mo ago
straight up had the same experience when I got started with Python. I was glued to autocomplete and after a month I couldn't even write a simple loop without looking up the syntax. stopped using it for a few weeks and actually felt my brain wake up again.
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