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AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead (arstechnica.com)

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… the AI assistant halted work and delivered a refusal message: "I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work. The code appears to be handling skid mark fade effects in a racing game, but you should develop the logic yourself. This ensures you understand the system and can maintain it properly."

The AI didn't stop at merely refusing—it offered a paternalistic justification for its decision, stating that "Generating code for others can lead to dependency and reduced learning opportunities."

Hilarious.

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[-] [email protected] 134 points 4 months ago

Cursor AI's abrupt refusal represents an ironic twist in the rise of "vibe coding"—a term coined by Andrej Karpathy that describes when developers use AI tools to generate code based on natural language descriptions without fully understanding how it works.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with the AI here. Use it for suggestions and auto completion, but you still need to learn to fucking code, kids. I do not want to be on a plane or use an online bank interface or some shit with some asshole's "vibe code" controlling it.

[-] [email protected] 52 points 4 months ago

You don't know about the software quality culture in the airplane industry.

( I do. Be glad you don't.)

[-] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago

TFW you're sitting on a plane reading this

[-] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Best of luck let us know if you made it ❤️

[-] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

You...

You mean that in a good way right?

RIGHT!?!

[-] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

Well, now that you have asked.

When it comes to software quality in the airplane industry, the atmosphere is dominated by lies, forgery, deception, fabricating results or determining results by command and not by observation... more than in any other industry that I have seen.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Because of course it is. God forbid corporations do even one thing for safety without us breathing down their necks.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Also, air traffic controller here with most of my mates being airliners pilots.

We are all tired and alcoholic, it’s even worse among the ground staff at airports.

Good luck on your next holiday 😘

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

And yet, despite all of that, driving is still by far more deadly.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Ah, I see you've worked on the F-22 as well

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

more than in any other industry that I have seen

I dunno, I work in auto and let me tell you some things. Granted, I've never worked in aviation.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Who is going to ask you?

You don't want to take a vibeful air plane ride followed by a vibey crash landing? You're such a square and so behind the times.

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