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It's absolutely terrifying. I am a returning student to uni in my thirties and the only person not using any AI. They literally depend on it.
I just had a classmate the other day turn to me, frustrated, saying "You ever ask chat(gpt) a question and it gives you a whole, like, paragraph you then have to read? like, why can't it simplify it?"
Did I mention I am an electrical/computer engineering double major? So yeah, even reading is too much for these kids. Future workforce is fucking cooked.
I have a friend who was frustrated that his programming exam was too hard (Python) and stated " why do I need to learn this? I can just use ai and get the job done ". We're absolutely fugged.
It's honestly disheartening. I understand our education system is not well in that tests aren't actually very condusive to learning, but they treat the idea of learning a skill like it's some obnoxious chore they just want over with so they never have to do it again when its like... bruh civilization/tech grows exponentially, y'all gotta learn your whole lives and it should be something you ENJOY it should give you pride to be good at something or understand a subject thoroughly.
i don't even know what to begin doing about this problem but even if you pretend the environmental impacts are fine/manageable, I can't help but think this shits gotta be destroyed for the future of humanity.
learning isn't fun for the vast majority of people, it's painful and miserable. they want to avoid it as much as possible.
Unsure on the specifics, something for one of those online colleges. Yeah that's exactly why it's a concerning statement. This isn't assembly, just scripting basics
Yep, and I predict that programmers actually understanding code (and especially being able to quickly and thoroughly review code), are becoming increasingly valuable (again?) in the future, when someone really has to guarantee what the AI actually generated (and let me tell you there are still so many stupid things the AI does...).
We're already seeing it a little, I know IBM just had to start massively hiring just in Feb
https://fortune.com/2026/02/13/tech-giant-ibm-tripling-gen-z-entry-level-hiring-according-to-chro-rewriting-jobs-ai-era/
The new age COBOL programmers are anyone who can actually program.
my older bro who is in tech, depends on it for almost every question he has or when he is ask a very simple question. asked him something about laundry last year, he said "use CHATGPT", theres really no hope for these people. and then later on ask what was causing "flies " to appear in the house, he kept using AI eventhough it was pretty giving inaccurate info,
Couldn't imagine having to suffer it with family. Sorry to hear you deal with that, it would drive me insane.
my bro who is in tech refers to chatgpt as a go-to anytime he has a question or is asked a very simple question, yea pretty much screwed, and he think AI slop generated pictures are epitome of some kind of art piece.
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that the "chat" slang was short for ChatGPT.
no, it's for the chat audience in video streams
Ah ok, didn't realize that was the original source. But now I wonder if it'll eventually be supplanted as a reference to ChatGPT.
It depends on the context, it is slang for both. That's why I put the parenthesis. Don't be embarrassed, it's hard to keep up with slang.
not true , young person here