I think I broke my own brain by using AI for every assignment (1st yr Master's, data/AI)
ok so I started my masters in data analytics and AI back in 2022 and somewhere in there I just... started letting AI do everything. like not "help me debug this" but actually just generate the whole thing while I copy paste and move on. and now, two-ish years in, I sit down to write code and my brain just goes blank. like actually empty. not "I don't know the syntax" empty, more like a wall goes up and I get anxious, almost want to close the laptop and never open it again.
what's messing with me is the theory side is still totally fine, actually good even. give me a paper or some concept to chew on and I'm locked in for hours, no problem. it's literally just the doing part, sitting there writing/debugging code myself, that turns into this weird panic thing.
I keep having this thought like "maybe I should just restart the same degree but ban myself from AI completely" just to see if there's anything actually there under all the ChatGPT scaffolding. idk if that's a real solution or just a dramatic idea I have at 1am.
has anyone actually gone through this and come out the other side? did going cold turkey help or did it just feel horrible for a while first? kind of terrified I'm gonna graduate with a masters and not actually be able to do the thing the masters is supposedly in.