If you've never heard of vibe coding, it's the act of using generative AI and neutral language to code without actually writing a single line of code yourself. That's just the kind of world we live in now. As an acknowledgement of this change, Collins Dictionary has awarded the term Word of the Year, despite, well, being two words.
This week, Collins Dictionary posted a blog celebrating and explaining its choice for the Word of the Year (via The Register). Vibe coding is relatively contentious in itself. Generative AI has been widely criticised for flagrantly ignoring copyright and for its adoption by investors declaring it's the next big thing in games, movies, or whatever art form you hold dear. And that's because there are productivity gains to be made in skipping through all the manual work of creative labour.
