Veteran engineer: AI made my 10-year skill "basically joever" — worse than math
livgorton · x · 2026-10-07
Liv Gorton replied that as early as 2023/2024 she realized it was "basically joever" for a skill she'd spent 10 years mastering. Asked whether it was worse off than math, she said "it is in fact not totally over but definitely more so than math" — a firsthand reflection from an experienced engineer on how quickly AI eroded hard-won craft skills.
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