The downside is that you miss the chance to brush up on your math skills, skills that could help you understand and express more complicated requirements.
reply...This may still be worth it. In any case it will stop being a problem once the human is completely out of the loop.
edit: but personally I hate missing out on the chance to learn something.
That would indeed be the case if one has never learned the stuff. And I am all in for not using AI/LLM for homework/assignments. I don't know about others, but when I was in school, they didn't let us use calculators in exams.
replyToday, I know very well how to multiply 98123948 and 109823593 by hand. That doesn't mean I will do it by hand if I have a calculator handy.
Also, ancient scholars, most notably Socrates via Plato, opposed writing because they believed it would weaken human memory, create false wisdom, and stifle interactive dialogue. But hey, turns out you learn better if you write and practice.