Originally published on robatdasorvi.com
I learned to code in 2013 by being confused, searching for help, being confused again, and then eventually understanding something. The understanding was slow. It was uncomfortable. It was also, I now think, irreplaceable.
My nephew is twelve. He has never written code without an AI suggesting the next line. He has never had to hold a problem in his head for hours, turning it over, waiting for the angle that makes it solvable. He does not know what that feels like. He will never know what that feels like.
I do not think this makes him worse. I do not think it makes him better. I think it makes him different in a way we do not yet have the language to describe.
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