Paul Graham: Programming Still Teaches You How to Think, Even in the AI Era

The Y Combinator co-founder pushed back on the narrative that AI makes computer science education irrelevant, arguing programming is uniquely good at training structured thinking.

Paul Graham weighed in on the perennial "should you still learn to code?" debate with a clear position: yes. As @paulg wrote, "programming is particularly good at teaching you how to think," echoing Steve Jobs and arguing it remains a worthwhile pursuit even as AI automates more coding tasks.

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