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    Living and working in a world of generated code. This post suggests AI is most useful to speed up small tasks, and explain unfamiliar concepts. The main judgement and key decisions you should keep in your own hands. Using her museum search project as an example, Vicki Boykis suggests the real skills come from years of practice and judgement from building things yourself.
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