It's worrying, yes, but we've had stackoverflow copy-paste coding for over a decade now already, which has exactly the same effects.
This isn't a new concern. Thoughtless software development started a long time ago.
This isn't a new concern. Thoughtless software development started a long time ago.
So that's not to say there is nothing to be concerned about on stackoverflow, just that the risk seems manageable and understood. You also nearly always have to fit it to your own situation anyway. With the custom solutions from generative models, this is all not yet established and you're not having to customise (look at) it further if it made a plausible-looking suggestion
Perhaps this way of coding ends up introducing fewer bugs. Time will tell, but we all know how many wrong answers these things generate in text as well as what they were trained on, giving grounds for worry—while also gathering experience, of course. I'm not saying to not use it at all. It's a balance and something to be aware of
I also can't say that I find it to be thoughtless when I look for answers on stackoverflow. Perhaps as a beginning coder, you might copy bigger bits? Or without knowing what it does? That's not my current experience, though