After many months of making fun of the term "vibe coding," Emily and Alex tackle the LLMs-as-coders fad head-on, with help from security researcher Susanna Cox. From one person's screed that proclaims everyone not on the vibe-coding bandwagon to be crazy, to the grandiose claim that LLMs could be the "opposable thumb" of the entire world of computing. It's big yikes, all around.
Susanna Cox is a consulting AI security researcher and a member of the core author team at OWASP AI Exchange.
References:
My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts
LLMs: the opposable thumb of computing
A disastrous day in the life of a vibe coder
Also referenced:
Signal president Meredith Whittaker on the fundamental security problem with agentic AI
The "S" in MCP stands for security
Our Opinions Are Correct: The Turing Test is Bullshit
AI Hell:
Sam Altman: The (gentle) singularity is already here
What do the boosters think reading is, anyway?
Meta's climate model made up fake CO2 removal ideas
Ongoing lawsuit means all your ChatGPT conversations will be saved
"Dance like you're part of the training set"
Some Guy tries to mansplain Signal to…Signal's president
WSJ headline claims ChatGPT "self-reflection", gets dunked
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Music by Toby Menon.
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