"He says he can get projects done about twice as fast when he uses a chatbot to code with intention. Then one day, he fired off directions, and as he sat there while the bot's wheels turned, he realized he could have actively written what he was aimlessly waiting for the bot to do. "I was giving away a bit of my agency, and so I made a decision to be very conscious," he tells me."
"Waiting for the AI to spit out code can disrupt the flow of his work, and trusting too much work to it has led him to sometimes get bogged down in a lengthy review process. He's also anxious about the long-term effects AI can have on how we all think and problem solve. "There's a side effect where everyone's confidence has increased, but so has their laziness, and their willingness to learn things from first principles has dropped," he says."
Sriraam Raja has used generative AI to write code for two years and completes projects about twice as fast when using a chatbot with intention. He recognized that delegating without thought reduced his agency and now chooses when and how much to delegate. Waiting for AI outputs can interrupt flow and excessive reliance can lengthen review processes. He expresses concern that AI raises confidence while increasing laziness and reducing willingness to learn from first principles, causing a drop in curiosity. The term "vibe coding" names the practice of using language and generative AI to accelerate coding, and companies began seeking it as a skill.
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