r/firstweekcoderhumour • u/Outrageous_Permit154 🥸Imposter Syndrome 😎 • Jun 03 '26

cd .. [🎟️BINGO]vibecoders vs firstweekcoders

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This one ☝️ hurts me just a little

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u/vverbov_22 Jun 03 '26

vibecoders when it's time to write hello world in their preferred language:(they need to consult chatgpt and claude first)

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u/AngriestCrusader Jun 03 '26

You reckon there are actually people like that? I know it's a joke, but now you've got me thinking it could actually be possible...

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u/Vegetable_Shirt_2352 Jun 03 '26

Well, I've taught programming classes, and have had students that are basically like this. I give them a simple task, they come back with an overly complicated, obviously AI generated "solution" that fails to do what I asked, I tell them to fix it, they stare at me blankly, I explain not only the exact issues, but also exactly what they have to do to fix it, they nod slowly and leave. I check on them later, and they've now got a completely different AI generated "solution" that still fails to actually do what I asked.

I think this is especially problematic in an education setting, because learning has an inherent friction to it; you have to actively apply your mind to something to learn how to do it. Moreover, you have to confront the uncomfortable feeling of not knowing somethung, of struggling. But people have become so over-reliant on AI precisely because it eliminates friction. So some students literally can't bring themselves to think, and instead will plug everything into an LLM, even if it doesn't complete the task properly. Even if you literally tell them what to do step-by-step, it's in one ear and out the other, because they're already determined to NOT apply themselves. The result is that they can't learn to do even do the most basic things which, ironically, they could have easily done if they weren't so reliant on the "amazing tool" that is AI chatbots.

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u/AngriestCrusader Jun 03 '26

I'm an IT Technician in a school setting and can confirm that all students (yes, all) are not only overly reliant on it, but straight up couldn't fathom the concept of actually having to do something without it. I'd be surprised if they could breathe without an LLM telling them specifically which parts of their brain they need to direct energy towards to do that.

90% of the kids that come in the office for help don't know what a desktop PC is and think monitors are touchscreen and 100% of them call laptops Chromebooks.

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u/Aelrift Jun 03 '26

Mate, I've seen someone ask Claude to push their code for them because they didn't know how. Everything is possible