CursorAI and Co: VibeCoding means “trust in predictions”.

VibeCoding means “trust in predictions”. Tools like CursorAI are both a blessing and a curse. Sometimes, they produce astonishing results; other times, they fail at the simplest tasks and spiral into a cascade of misprogramming. Why is that, and what’s still missing for them to reach perfection?

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The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many industries — from medicine to the automotive sector and, of course, software development. And this is just the beginning! Yet despite impressive progress, one question remains unanswered: When will AI be able to write, execute, and test its own code without human assistance? In this blog post, we’ll take a look at the current state of the art, explore possible future scenarios, and consider the implications for software developers.

The Status Quo: AI Tools Rely on Predictions

Current AI-powered tools like CursorAI, Anthropic, ChatGPT, or GitHub Copilot are powerful assistants for developers. They can generate code, make suggestions, and even catch simple bugs. But their functionality is based on statistical predictions: they analyze…