"Is AI making us dumber and lazier?" — a developer's confession of lost learning
Wyckoff-XD · reddit · 2026-08-20
- A developer reflects that before AI, solving problems meant grinding through StackOverflow, docs, and blog posts — and the struggle itself produced real learning.
- Now the first instinct is to ask Claude or GPT, which solves problems faster, but he often doesn't even understand what was done and just trusts it works.
- The gap shows up in interviews, where no AI can help, and he describes constant dread about staying relevant.
- He asks the community: does anyone else feel this, and how do you manage to stay relevant?
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