AI Programming as a Monkey’s Paw: Convenience Comes with Skill Degradation
brandon_xyzw · x · 2026-07-07
The author compares AI programming to the 'monkey's paw' of wishing: if an oracle could write 90% of your code, would you accept? The traditional warning is that it makes people lazy and disengaged from technical principles. With enough AI-assisted coding, this worry proves real. The author urges developers to consider what they truly want.
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