Using the AI has helped me to learn how to code too, I can recognize the code and what it does, it's not a one way street.
I'm not competing with you, I'm just one gamedev wanting to make my game and little side-projects here and there and hope that people enjoy them. I'm able to get more done with the new tools, so when I talk about "falling behind" I'm really just comparing where I will be at vs. where I would have been at, had the tool not been available to me.
Like if you're building a house with hand tools or a rock instead of power tools, it's going to take a lot longer, that kind of thing.
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Yet you don't know how to fix your own fucking plugin lmao. Yes, i can see your progress with coding has been very helped along.
"I'm just one game dev"
This does not excuse or justify anything. I too started out as one game dev doing everything on my own. Also i know you literally have people who work for you so that line is complete bullshit to begin with. Don't give me that humble crap.
I too make the games i want to make, but I don't steal resources and let dodgy programs do all the remotely difficult work for me. It's not an excuse for what you've done and continue to do, period.
The power tools metaphor is flawed because it ignores not only the immoral theft of what you're doing, but also you have to typically pay to upgrade from a rock or hand tools to power tools. Someone who is then paid gets to use that money to feed their family.
Further, you still need to know the fundamentals of building for either set of tools to serve your purpose. You can't build a house on accident just because you have power tools. It's made it easier. The better comparison to your metaphor would be coding in notepad compared to coding in something like visualcode studio. Makes things quicker but you still are making it yourself.
Your practise of using shady A.I. programs is more like calling in a team of construction workers to do all the work for you, then you taking credit for their labor and not paying them. It's not that difficult to understand.
A.I. is theft, period. To use it, makes you a thief. There is absolutely no way to avoid this reality, it is factual.