I am describing a problem and seeing how the LLM solves it (or how it goes off the rails). I am often exposed to techniques new to me. I call that learning.

To be clear, I am closing in on 60 years old. I’ve written a lot of code in a lot of languages. I have not bothered to check every fad that has come down in front end web and Javascript for the past umpteen years. Front end hasn’t been my thing. With current AI, I can leap frog a lot of bull crap I don’t care about and see what at least the AI thinks is good. I still retain a brain, I can still investigate what it did and form an opinion about it.

I treat the AI stuff as idiot savants that can make really nice stuff or go totally off in the weeds. But it is more than good enough to help me be a better me at what I do.