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I don't have any evidence for it, but I feel that watching someone (or something) perform a task has less pedagogical value that performing that task oneself.

Same for attention, it's easier let your mind wander if you're e.g. taking the back seat while you're pair programming.

AI tools also don't really "reason", do they? Even if you use a reasoning model, they perform the most statistically likely steps with the context and instructions that they're provided, so you lose that "deliberateness" that enables you to best understand the problem that you're solving.

> The last thing an engineer should do before sending out a PR is to review it themselves. A PR is a work product with their name on it, and is a reflection of their ability.

Right, but your understanding of a PR that you're reviewing is different when you review your own work vs. when you review someone else's, right? For me personally, I have to expend more effort reviewing someone else's work.

If you can see how all of this adds up, I hope you understand how this leads to AI being more of a handicap than a tool.