Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old billionaire co-founder of Scale AI and newly appointed chief AI officer at Meta, has a clear message for teens: learn AI coding now, and you’ll have a massive advantage later. As someone who spends a lot of time reviewing and testing AI, I can honestly say this advice is practical for anyone, regardless of where they are in their career.
On a recent episode of the TBPN podcast, Wang said he’s been “radicalized by AI coding,” also known as vibe coding. The concept is simple: Instead of writing lines of code from scratch, users turn to AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT to generate software for games, websites, and apps.
The natural language prompts aren't complex, and anyone can get started. Something as simple as "Make a mobile app that tracks my homework” prompted into Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT can give you the code you need for this application in minutes.
