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It is impossible to be made less smart by not manually writing code. If it were possible, you would be stupider every time you go on vacation. Your brain's neur
by 0xbadcafebee 6mo ago
It is impossible to be made less smart by not manually writing code. If it were possible, you would be stupider every time you go on vacation. Your brain's neuronal connections do not die from talking to a chat bot.
What's actually happened is you took a break from a highly technical skill. Every person on the planet will "forget" some part of that technical skill if they don't use it in a while. But the information is not gone, it's just been de-prioritized for other more pertinent information. The information comes back once you give yourself a refresher.
Before AI, it would be months between me writing a full program in one of several languages. I would forget simple things like how to start a function definition. But I did not really forget, because after a quick glance at an existing function, I remembered all the other possible syntax in the function definition. There's no need to panic, your brain is working normally.
- lmm 6mo ago> you would be stupider every time you go on vacation Are you sure people aren't?
- borski 6mo agoThey usually come back smarter, actually.
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- SpaceNoodled 6mo agoThere's a vast difference between the mental refreshment from a week or two relaxing vs. ceasing all thinking full-time.
- mpalmer 6mo ago> It is impossible to be made less smart by not manually writing code. If it were possible, you would be stupider every time you go on vacation. Your brain's neuronal connections do not die from talking to a chat bot. What if everytime you went on vacation, 80% of your open work items were magically completed? Why would you give yourself a refresher? Not you specifically, of course. This thought experiment is about what we would all do in the aggregate.
- JackSlateur 5mo agoIt is impossible to be made less muscular by not doing work out. Oh wait, you were serious ? Haha.