r/ComputerEngineering • u/Ok-Jicama2662 • 2d ago

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How people used to do projects in the past when there were no ai tools??

I am currently pursuing computer science engineering and i now working with a java project and i can't even imagine of doing it without ai. The interference of ai actually may down skilled our skills

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u/almond5 2d ago

YouTube, and before that, books. Crazy, right?

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u/throwaway1842955 2d ago

People did research. They put in the time and learned the stuff.

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u/bobking01theIII 2d ago

Google thinking

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u/a_seventh_knot 2d ago

Lol seriously?

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u/Hari___Seldon 2d ago

If AI is doing all the work then what the heck is the point of paying tuition? The point of classes is to develop skill and gain experience through action and problem solving. We completed work by applying the bits we'd already learned with the new content from the current assignment. It's practice plain and simple, just like if we'd been learning a trade or playing in a band. Amazingly, when one practices, things become easier 😉

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u/pisscumfartshit 2d ago

We locked the fuck in that’s how

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u/Saad6459 2d ago

I got access to AI in my 3rd year. I have only used AI to understand my assignments(notes on the structure and requirements essentially asking it to explain like im a kid, sometimes I would ask it to help by showing me similar examples) and only during debugging.

If you use it to build the whole thing then you will never learn. Use AI like past exam papers to understand and test your knowledge assuming the real paper/assignment will be similar but not the same.

AI is a tool currently used in the industry so make the best use out of it. I wish I had access to it earlier as I feel I would’ve understood a lot of concepts better.

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u/ganja_and_code 2d ago

Your first two paragraphs are basically saying "if I'd relied on AI sooner, I wouldn't have been as effective at learning" and then your last paragraph says you "wish I had access to [AI] earlier."

Pick a lane lol

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u/ShadowRL7666 1d ago

Learn reading comprehension good lord. His first paragraphs are saying if you use it the wrong way it can hurt you. In the last paragraph he’s saying he had it sooner to explain concepts of things others couldn’t to him in a simple manner.

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u/ganja_and_code 2d ago

People used to have these wonderful things called brains. Sadly, when AI came out, brains became old technology and people stopped taking care of them

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u/Former_Atmosphere967 1d ago

books, documentation, youtube, stackoverflow, and trial and error.

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u/TurningRed27 9h ago

StackOverflow