I can't prove it, but I think AI is causing me brain damage

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Not sure what to do, worked in software engineering for nearly 20 years now. And the last several years of working on this stuff has caused what I can only describe as significant cognitive corrosion. Hoping to transition out of this career or into a new role as soon as I can where I can use this tech significantly less.

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AI atrophies the brain. If you don't use a muscle, it atrophies.

You know the solution.

I would guess this is what the managers and PMs had been feeling for all those years while we developers were happy writing our code. I actually feel much more sympathy to my managers now that I'm kind of managing a team of very productive, but very much not brilliant agents. So sad.

This analogy makes no sense to me. Being a good manager requires strong interpersonal skills. "Managing" your team of agents does not make you a leader.

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