AI Use at Work Is Causing "Brain Fry," Researchers Find, Especially Among High Performers

https://lemmy.world/post/43959033

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“My thinking wasn’t broken, just noisy — like mental static,” the senior manager continued. “What finally snapped me out of it was realizing I was working harder to manage the tools than to actually solve the problem.”

Omg constantly fact checking and tweaking the lying machine is actually slower than just thinking. Who would have guessed?

This is exactly the kinda thing keeping me away from so-called “modern” languages. Too many tools and nonsense to manage ; I want to program the computer, not “orchestrate a build pipeline” with 10+ different tools running on different machines, doing some nonsense with their own bespoke syntax and quirks…
Not sure what you’re considering as “modern”, but as someone why cut their teeth on C++ and still actually enjoys it, plenty of modern languages have their uses. It really depends on what you’re looking for, but I’ve spent years in C++ and will still use python as a go to for small projects.