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I feel like that's people not yet knowing how to use them. With just a little bit of context-setting, they can be force multipliers. I do agree with you that yo

I feel like that's people not yet knowing how to use them. With just a little bit of context-setting, they can be force multipliers. I do agree with you that you need the underlying skills. Frequently I use them to do something I've done before, bypassing the time for me to look up syntax, etc.

lm28469 2y ago
> they can be force multipliers. Like phones can be, but give that to an unsupervised 10 years old and it's not a given that the outcome will be a net positive
- bdcravens 2y ago
  That's true of any tool, and is such a general statement that it borders on being a non sequitur.
  - lm28469 2y ago
    Sure, but then again nobody is literally asking for $7t to develop a hammer, a phone or anything really...
getnormality 2y ago
I've used them for syntax too, and gotten genuine benefit from that. I just don't think it was all that hard before, and the risk that people feel they no longer need to actually understand their tools looms large in my mind.
- bdcravens 2y ago
  Perhaps, but once upon a time you'd either memorize syntax or work with a reference book in front of you. Over time we came to use various syntax completion and introspection tools, as well as Internet references, and overall I'd say we aren't dumber than we were then.