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📣 MrLey

Using AI at work is stupidity, or a good tool if used properly?


As the title says. I'm curious about the community's view on this. Is relying on AI for coding, writing, etc. a sign of skill degradation, or is it just a new tool like any other?

  👤 hirvi74 Accepted Answer ✓
"A fool with a tool is still a fool."

I find AI for coding to be a boon. However, I am very conservative in my use cases. I only use the AI web apps, thus I can essentially only ask questions and read responses. AI cannot write code all that well for me because it will never have access to the full project I am working on. But even then, I still feel a lot more productive. It's basically just an faster and more enhanced Google search/StackOverflow search for me.