They just haven’t gone deep enough, most of the time. “Oh, I just used AI”.
As frustrating as it is, there’s no reward greater than failing a million times and finally getting it right in a way that you can actually replicate and explain. Bonus points (and endorphins) for being way behind everyone else at understanding something, and then finding that one little nugget that makes you soar ahead. It’s like mario kart.
I’m kind of glad I’m not all that intelligent innately, because struggling and finally understanding shit continues to feel incredible. I don’t think the painless, easy route has any of that!
I don’t love failure, but I respect it. I don’t allow it to keep me from things I’m interested in, but I think it does a lot of people these days, which is a shame. We’ve managed to set up a pretty frictionless world where most people don’t have to do things that make them uncomfortable, and I believe that leads to those people not wanting to engage in things they find difficult because there’s always an easier route, which is often “just don’t do that scary thing” or watching enough of a youtube video to do the exact thing they need right then, and has culminated in just asking AI for the answer.
I’m all for “work smarter, not harder” in many situations, but a lot of times doing rewarding things requires that hard work, and I hate that we live in a world where people increasingly shy away from it.
