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I believe, that when people learn programming mainly from LLMs, they will navigate themselves into a corner faster than with regular learning. i.e. they learn a
by hnben 3y ago
I believe, that when people learn programming mainly from LLMs, they will navigate themselves into a corner faster than with regular learning. i.e. they learn anti-patters and won't be able to get out of they local optimum.
On the other hand: that's happening today already en masse, so I am not sure if it can actually get worse.
I agree, that LLMs as an addition to the established resources (teachers, books, youtubers, etc.) will have lots of value.
- Closi 3y agoInterestingly this assumes that the goal is learning how to manually write code, rather than learning how to get a LLM to generate code for you, or learning how to build a product. If you believe the future of coding sits in AI/LLMs/ML, this next generation of learners might just be using the 'beta' tools-of-tomorrow, rather than just being people that need to learn to manually code. (My personal view is that manual coding will be changed almost unrecognisably within 5-10 years, but lets see! So much of learning to program is about learning syntax, and I can see a world of AI-powered-future-programming-languages where syntax is less important than clarity)