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Tell HN: Claude is a crap learning tool

I have paid for Anthropic Claude, and I'm bloody sick of it, I regret it.

I have been learning C in my spare time, doing the NandToTetris course and implementing my solutions in C. This has been great for learning.

I got stuck on a regex problem and JUST wanted to know how to do a particular regex for interpreting an expression. I struggled to find resources on C-style regex.

Heres exactly what I asked Claude

    Can you write a C language regex, using regex.h, just to split the following structure on "=" or ";"

    <DEST>=<COMP>;<JUMP>


    Only comp is mandatory so you could get any of these combinations:

    dest=comp
    comp;jump
    dest=comp;jump
Claude then proceeds to solve the entire assignment for me using the context to realise I'm talking about a NandToTetris assignment.

This really pisses me off, these fucking AI tools assume you want a full solution every time. I'm not here to maximise productivity, I'm here to LEARN! I just wanted a concise regex, nothing else. Pisses me off so much that I've cancelled my subscription.

I hope all this AI shit fucking fails and we go back to human-led programming.

Imagine a lecturer that did your homework for you.

1 points purple-leafy 1 year ago 7 comments

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