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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/AlSweigart/statuses/114297345789228012">Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:32:44 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AlSweigart" title="alsweigart@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/88025-48-20230407042503.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Al Sweigart" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Al Sweigart</a></section><article><p>There are a few different reasons I advise people learning to code to just stay away from LLMs entirely.</p><p>I used to say, "As long as you double check everything it says..." but I know that this is the far more likely outcome:</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4858904#notice-9517611">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-04-08T00:32:44+09:00" title="Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:32:44 JST">Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:32:44 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AlSweigart/114297345789228012" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AlSweigart/114297345789228012">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4429494">Screenshot of a reddit post: I'm here asking for advice! My boyfriend is studying programming and computer coding. He will be looking for an internship next semester. He started out strong - reading, creating projects, working through assignments, eager to learn and excited about the information. The last 2 semesters he has completely relied on ChatGPT. He hasn't read anything out of his books in months. He has ChatGPT open at every minute. He doesn't even read questions on assignments - he copies the entire question, pastes it into ChatGPT, plays his phone game while he waits for an answer, then repeats. When he first started using it, I gave him a little grief, encouraged him to not rely on it (looking back, that was nothing compared to now). He didn't take well to my advice and was adamant on ChatGPT being a good tool and encouraged by his professors. However that was when he was actually using it to help him. Now it does every bit of the work for him. I've stopped saying anything because it's his choice. He says he's too behind and will read up later (he never does). He puts off studying all week then crams with ChatGPT all on Sunday (online classes). I can't comprehend paying to study and cheating my way through. I'm here to ask if this is a big deal or not in this field? Do you really only need a basic understanding? Do you rely on ChatGPT/AI at work?</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/297/340/630/345/027/original/c4f73c61221e34eb.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/297/340/630/345/027/original/c4f73c61221e34eb.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:32:44 JST Al Sweigart
There are a few different reasons I advise people learning to code to just stay away from LLMs entirely.
I used to say, "As long as you double check everything it says..." but I know that this is the far more likely outcome:
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1. Screenshot of a reddit post: I'm here asking for advice! My boyfriend is studying programming and computer coding. He will be looking for an internship next semester. He started out strong - reading, creating projects, working through assignments, eager to learn and excited about the information. The last 2 semesters he has completely relied on ChatGPT. He hasn't read anything out of his books in months. He has ChatGPT open at every minute. He doesn't even read questions on assignments - he copies the entire question, pastes it into ChatGPT, plays his phone game while he waits for an answer, then repeats. When he first started using it, I gave him a little grief, encouraged him to not rely on it (looking back, that was nothing compared to now). He didn't take well to my advice and was adamant on ChatGPT being a good tool and encouraged by his professors. However that was when he was actually using it to help him. Now it does every bit of the work for him. I've stopped saying anything because it's his choice. He says he's too behind and will read up later (he never does). He puts off studying all week then crams with ChatGPT all on Sunday (online classes). I can't comprehend paying to study and cheating my way through. I'm here to ask if this is a big deal or not in this field? Do you really only need a basic understanding? Do you rely on ChatGPT/AI at work?
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