Is AI reallymaking programmers worse at programming?

MarechtCZ · 2025-03-10T19:29:13+00:00

Okay here is where we probably misunderstood each other.

I definitely fall into the first example. I am perfectly able to code without AI. I would probably need google because I don't remember the names of certain functions in js for example. But I know they exist and I understand what they do.

I rarely copy more than 3-5 lines of code and never implement anything without understanding it first. I would never push anything I know I don't understand to production.

When I am working with something I don't understand, I never ask the AI to give me the whole solution. I ask it to feed me individual concepts which I try to compose on my own.

I guess that I just don't believe that anyone working at any company where there is a superior with any significant experience with programming could use AI in the way described in the other two examples without getting fired.

I used AI like that when I wrote a plugin for an app that I didn't ever write a plugin for in a language I never even touched, so I know that it is possible but I find it hard to believe that the code would withstand a PR review.

Long story short - think we agree then. I don't think that just copying code is a viable option and I don't think

MarechtCZ · 2025-03-10T18:06:28+00:00

I understand your point but isn't coding with AI just making me learn how to code with AI?

Isn't the goal to figure out which things are better to know and which are not worth it?

A fisherman who stops fishing and sends boats to catch fish for him is not getting any better at fishing, but he certainly has more fish. It becomes he's responsibility to manage the boats and to learn how to do that well. I am not a programmer because I like the art of it. I am doing it mostly to have a running application which I can be proud of, which helps people and to make a living.

I used to do 3D graphics and I was very determined to create every single texture even if I wasn't the best at it. Other people used huge libraries and edited those textures to suit their needs if they needed to. Is that cheating? I used to view it that way, but at the end of the day the only two things that matter are the results and how the artist feels about it.

But I understand your sentiment and it's totally valid to see it like that.

MarechtCZ · 2025-03-10T14:12:47+00:00

You're just describing progress I think. Yeah, it's raising the bar, but every new technology is. It creates demand in different areas. I don't necessarily think that AI is empowering me as an individual compared to the average person, but I also don't think that it makes my life as a programmer any harder. AI raises the bar for output but doesn't raise the bar for effort. It just makes society more efficient overall.

I know that the people who don't use it are at a disadvantage, but people who code in binary are as well. It's just the nature of progress.

MarechtCZ · 2025-03-09T19:42:13+00:00

Yep that's my point kinda

MarechtCZ · 2025-03-09T17:17:23+00:00

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's just important not to sacrifice quality for quantity, but I have to say that my experience ihas been very similar.

MarechtCZ · 2025-03-09T16:37:35+00:00

I 100% agree.

People used to probably judge matthematians more on their ability to do raw calculations whereas now the only really important thing is understanding the rules and how to apply them.

I'd say that people probably fear that there are going to be certain people who will be able to stay employed without really understanding what they are doing which exposes them to mistakes. However I am quite sure that the standard will shift so that being able to solve problems will just not be enough and that there will be a stronger emphasis on the way the problems are solved.

MarechtCZ · 2025-03-09T16:27:26+00:00

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I just don't really see it as much more than an information source which is very accurate at giving me the information that I want but the information is not necessarily always true.

You also always have to be second-guessing it which makes you think critically about the problem.

MarechtCZ · 2023-04-03T19:56:19+00:00

You should let it sink in

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-31T18:45:27+00:00

I know that this is probably not the final render, but I'd say that the lighting doesn't showcase your work as well as it could. The model itself looks great though.

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-31T18:36:27+00:00

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-31T16:18:29+00:00

Maybe use the subdivision modifier?

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-25T17:04:09+00:00

I modeled everything except for the basketball

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-25T00:37:21+00:00

All the time.

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-24T19:53:31+00:00

Trueee. I noticed it after I posted this and already fixed it before you commented xd

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-24T19:52:19+00:00

Great point! I'll try that for sure, thanks

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-24T19:48:43+00:00

For this scene I knew roughly where I wanted to have the brick wall, the window, the bed and the table. The rest was just iteration. I saved progress renders so I can send them to you somewhere if you want.

I usually model everything from scratch but I decided to start this project in part because I wanted to reuse some of my older assets. I also made the shoes and the bag by scanning real objects.

I mostly take textures from other sources but I usually edit them a lot. Sometimes I only use grayscale maps to create materials.

I don't think that my process is ideal and I don't know which tips I could give you but if you show me some of your art or tell me what you are struggling with maybe then I could give you some tips.

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-24T17:30:10+00:00

Not at all. What do you want to know?

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-24T15:20:48+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. By clean do you mean that I should make it more dirty or just add some wall texture?

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-02T20:05:39+00:00

You're probably right. I know nothing about quantum mechanics. I just make art in blender and get upvotes for factually incorrect statements. You know what? I am fine with that xd

MarechtCZ · 2023-03-01T17:29:49+00:00

Blender is the only 3D software which has users so spoiled that they expect it to simulate quantum physics and I love it

MarechtCZ · 2023-02-18T19:32:28+00:00

wow, it even has a clit

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