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The Widening Gap: The Benefits and Harms of Generative AI for Novice Programmers

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The Widening Gap: The Benefits and Harms of Generative AI for Novice Programmers

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Post by droidjj » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 11:27 AM UTC

The Widening Gap: The Benefits and Harms of Generative AI for Novice Programmers
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Post by otterdude » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC

Finding this maddeningly true. Novices used to be a self solving problem, they either gave up or got better.

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