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It's for the best.
Learning how code works is better than getting an LLM to produce convincing looking code without anyone having an understanding of how it works.
LLMs just teach students to paint themselves into a corner without them even realising why bad things keep happening to them.
Right. It's actually shocking that copilot is allowed at all. The next generation is going to be so fucking stupid.
I agree, but I learn best when I can ask questions a certain way to understand concepts, and as much as people may hate it, it's good at answering questions like that and people are often nasty when others ask questions they assume to be stupid.
Not that I'm a student.
It sounds to me like you might want to reevaluate the communities you're in. This sounds incredibly toxic.
And I agree, for simple questions, it can be helpful. I would caution against overreliance on the answers though. Even the best models available today hallucinate regularly. Always verify answers when they are important.
Also, learning to read documentation directly is a valuable skill to develop. Even if you don't rely on the documentation directly, reading a lot of it will make it easier to write documentation as well.