This year I understood bash, filesystems, the Postgres wire protocol, and sqlite deeper than I ever would have if my new primary job wouldn't be to tell AI what it did wrong
AI can make work faster, but a fear is that relying on it may make it harder to learn new skills on the job. We ran an experiment with software engineers to learn more. Coding with AI led to a decrease in mastery—but this depended on how people used it. anthropic.com/research/AI-as…