Does AI make Developers dumb?

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A developer shares personal experience building a mobile game (Tiny Harvest) almost entirely with AI, arguing that AI does make developers lazier and erodes problem-solving skills, but also enables shipping far more than would otherwise be possible. Four reasons AI makes developers 'dumb' are outlined: laziness, atrophying problem-solving muscles, loss of mental models, and cognitive offloading. The counterargument is that ignoring AI tools puts developers at a competitive disadvantage. The conclusion is that the skills that now matter most are architecture, testing, and code review — traditionally senior-level skills — and that the real risk is passive, unguided AI use rather than AI itself.

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