But letting it write the actual code was a mistake
mcv on Hacker News
In the thread “Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant”
Helped: Explaining principles and steps of a complex algorithm.
Got in the way: Letting AI write the actual code led to confusion.
… I had no prior experience with it (and I went in clearly underestimating how complex it was), and AI was a tremendous help in getting a basic understanding of the algorithm, its many steps and sub-algorithms, the subtle interactions and unspoken assumptions in it. But letting it write the actual code was a mistake. That's what kept me from understanding the intricacies, from truly engaging with the problem, which led me to keep relying on the AI to fix issues, but at that point the AI clearly also had no real idea what it was doing, and just made things worse. …