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zevon 12 hours ago

This. Anecdotally, I had a student around 2021 who had some technical inclination and interest but no CS education and no programming experience. He got into using AI early and with the help of ChatGPT was able to contribute rather substantially to something we were developing at the time which would usually have been much too complex for a beginner. However, he also introduced quite a few security issues, did a lot of things in very roundabout ways, did not even consider some libraries/approaches that would have made his life much easier and more maintainable and his documentation was enthusiastic but often... slightly factually questionable and also quite roundabout.

It was quite interesting to have discussions with him after his code check-ins and I think the whole process was a good educational experience for everybody who was involved. It would not have worked this way without a combination of AI and experienced people involved.