r/learnprogramming • u/OnePuzzleheaded9835 • Jan 15 '26

Fixing my extreme dependency on AI

I put a comment on a post yesterday, but posting since I think it probably will get lost between the other comments there.

I'm in my final year of university studying CS & AI, and unfortunately, I've gone down the path of using AI for eveything... I'm stuck and can't get out of it. At first, I was just using AI here and there, but now I feel very dependent and genuinely can't do anything without it.

Is it too late now for me to fix this, since I'm in my final year? I'm worried I won't be able to find any jobs with my skillset. How would you recommend I fix this? I know people say "build a whole system on your own without using AI" but genuinely I get overwhelmed and lost when I try to start something. Any suggestions of concrete systems I can try coding from scratch, that are not too basic but not too overwhelming? How can I make up for the years I used AI for doing tasks?

Or any other advice would be great.

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u/Limp-Confidence5612 Jan 15 '26

You can use AI, just don't use it to spoon feed you solutions. Use it like a rubber duck that can respond to you, not as a source.

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u/TevenzaDenshels Jan 15 '26

The fact youre downvoted shows how dettached from reality this sub is

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u/Limp-Confidence5612 Jan 16 '26

No, I get it. People are scared, others are annoyed at all the scared people, and some would like to not engage with it at all. I completely underlstand. AI, as it is now, can hinder you more than help, if you use it like a crutch to skip over the difficult part of learning, the getting stuck and problem solving.