I started thinking about this point because of this post: https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-illiterate-programmers
Discussion
I feel guilty at this point if I waste time not looking something up on ChatGPT
Dijkstra hated BASIC, too.
But you know what? The main obstacle for most people is getting off zero: like, did you know you can just tell the computer to DO THINGS FOR YOU?
Sure, you'll do it badly, for stupid reasons. Maybe they want to make a Minecraft mod or scrape a porn site.
I wanted to make arcade games. I never did: making the computer do more useful things while collaborating with brilliant people turned out to be joyous in a way I hadn't foreseen.
I made my arcade game years ago in the 80's ... way before Scratch.
Will read