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Cognitive debt is an extension and variant of technical debt in the AI era, referring to a developer's deficit in the depth of understanding of their code.
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7/12/2026
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Cognitive Debt in the Age of AI Programming: Comprehension Is the Real Bottleneck
bilibilizidea20157/11/2026
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UnverifiedTechnical debt usually refers to short-term compromises made for rapid delivery that later require additional cost to fix or refactor; in the scenario of AI-generated code, technical debt may accumulate in the form of inconsistent code style, chaotic dependency relationships, and insufficient handling of boundary conditions.78% similarUnverified一次性接受大段 AI 代码是理解债务的主要来源，更健康的做法是小步接受、逐行审阅77% similarVerifiedPeople who lack basic software development skills will accumulate technical debt that they cannot understand when using AI programming tools.75% similar
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