@KevinNaughtonJr: you know how we have technical debt? what's the term for all the shit that people aren't learning and are just offloadi…
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Kevin Naughton Jr. asks what term describes the debt from offloading learning to AI, akin to technical debt.
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you know how we have technical debt?
what’s the term for all the shit that people aren’t learning and are just offloading to AI? what kinda debt is that
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