ChatGPT for programming

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(04-01-2023 08:58 PM)pier4r Wrote:  I mean for the simple reason that social media could eat up a ton of time, and part of it could have been spent in better ways. Take 30 minutes away from lifelong learning every week, it adds up over time. And to clarify, social media could be great, example: plenty of good youtube channels, good subreddits, good facebook groups, good forums, etc... ;

I hear you and you may be right. On the other hand, I remember my parents disapproval of the time I spend reading comics, watching TV shows, etc.
But in the end, I've discovered I've learned a great many things this way and it paved the way for others things.

So of course one cannot extrapolate from individual experiences but I cannot help but wonder if we are not doing what people always did, say "young are not like us and so an d so".
Such sentences were found in writing as old as thousand of years B.C.

So my point is: I do not know and every time people have announced such a negative impact in history, they were wrong. Maybe this is different this time but I would not bet on it.

And there are reasons to be hopeful: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/29/dumb-pho...-time.html