Think of ChatGPT (and its ilk) as just another tool, no different from a Google search in which you look for code to solve your problem. If you prioritize learn

Think of ChatGPT (and its ilk) as just another tool, no different from a Google search in which you look for code to solve your problem. If you prioritize learning to code on your own, you'll avoid these tools. If you prioritize getting working code, you'll use these tools. It's a sliding spectrum, and there is no right or wrong answer. Even if you rely on these tools heavily, you can't help but learn from them because you must still examine the their code, even if briefly. It will be a different type of learning than what you'd learn from, say, cracking open a language manual (yes, we used to do this back in the pre-Web days), but you will learn nonetheless. I suggest you try all the tools available to you and the decide when it's appropriate for you to use each.