I think with programming, the same basic tension exists as with the smarter AI-enhanced approaches to conceptual learning: effectiveness is a function of effort

I think with programming, the same basic tension exists as with the smarter AI-enhanced approaches to conceptual learning: effectiveness is a function of effort, and the whole reason for the "AI epidemic" is that people are avoiding effort like the plague. So the problem seems to boil down to, how can we convince everyone to go against the basic human (animal?) instinct to take the path of least resistance. So it seems to be less about specific techniques and technologies, and more about a basic approach to life itself? In terms of integrating that approach into your actual work (so you can stay sharp through your career), it's even worse, since doing things the human way doubles the time required (according to Microsoft), and adding little AI-tutor-guided coding challenges to enhance your understanding along the way increases that even further. And in the context of "this feature needs to be done by Tuesday and all my colleagues are working 2-3x faster than me (because they're letting AI do all the work)... you see what I mean! It systemically creates the incentive for everyone to let their cognitive abilities rapidly decline. Edit: Reposted this at top-level, since I think it's more important than the "implementation details" I was responding to.