It depends entirely on how you use it. When learning something new I find GAI a very helpful tool when I come up with something on my own and then ask the GAI for either syntax pointers or alternate implementation ideas that maybe are more conventional but that I didn’t think of. If you use it the way >50% of my students do and just have it do your homework for you it is dog shit and actively hindering your development.

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Well 1 thing I will say is that the company I’m interning at actively uses copilot. Learn how to use it correctly and you’ll be fine AI is here to stay.

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It’s can be useful for asking kind of niche questions that you can’t easily find an answer to online or making analogies that can help you understand things more intuitively. I’ve found that I learn a lot better though when I check the docs before I go right to Chatgpt

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