How are we supposed to use AI?
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A PhD physics student used Claude to generate working data-fitting code he couldn't write himself — and it succeeded instantly. But instead of moving on, he recognized this as a failure of the learning process. Using AI to skip hard tasks removes the mental growth that makes research valuable. His solution: redo the work himself, write it up, and teach it to others.
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