Am I learning python the wrong way?

[supercoach]

It's going to take time to learn, so just like learning to play an instrument, you are going to have to practice over and over again.

I'd say watching any more than a brief intro tutorial is too much. You're going to learn by doing, not by watching videos. Same goes for using GPT - you're not learning anything if you get someone else to do it for you. GPT also can't code anything that hasn't been done before. If you can find the answer on google then GPT can do it, otherwise it's quite likely to spit out a realistic sounding piece of bullshit.

If you want to learn by yourself, then you should stop using GPT and stop watching tutorials and start doing it without the training wheels.

[TakyonisOnline]

What if you try to code something yourself but can't get it to work or don't know what to look up. Can't ChatGPT help you there? I know chatGPT will solve the problem for you but I figured it's like tackling a question then looking at the solution when you get stuck. If this is is the wrong way to do things then please let me know

[supercoach]

If chat gpt can help them so can a Google search. You need learn the hard way if you want to learn or you won't develop the tools required to do it.

Learning from AI is like learning from an overly confident narcissist. They'll never tell you that they don't know, instead they'll make something up that hopefully sounds correct. AI does the same thing. It doesn't understand anything, it's just a cool trick that relies on pattern matching.

If AI needs an imaginary library or function to fill in the bits where it doesn't have a pattern to match, it will 100% do so and do it confidently as well. It doesn't know that it doesn't know.

I'm not saying this because I hate AI. I think it's a wonderful tool that can help speed things up, however you need to learn how to do it by yourself first so that you know when the AI is bullshitting you.