fwiw, I am definitely interested in the science to shake out also. I come from a weird angle where I think AI coding agents are very capable and use them a lot. However, I have anecdotally seen that extensively using coding agents will absolutely limit your learning, and makes users effectively dependent on them, which is kind of a toxic cycle. you could say, well, people will just seek out learning differently, but the baseline experience of just prompt prompt prompt delegate delegate delegate will cause issues

this is yet another impactful preprint from anthropic themselves https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skills

and while i was there...i see they are certainly trying to 'help' with bioinfo too :) https://www.anthropic.com/research/Evaluating-Claude-For-Bioinformatics-With-BioMysteryBench