""Literally all the code I've written in my life will be replaced by what will be produced by an AI model," he said. That realization has left him, in his words, "radicalized by AI coding." What matters most now isn't syntax, or learning a particular language, but time spent experimenting with and steering AI tools. "It's actually an incredible moment of discontinuity," Wang said."
"Wang, with his aerial view of the industry, has advice for kids, especially those in Gen Alpha now entering middle school: Forget gaming, sports, or traditional after-school hobbies. "If you are like 13 years old, you should spend all of your time vibe coding," he said in his recent TBPN interview. "That's how you should live your life." Why is this a generational moment for Gen Z? For Wang, the reasoning is simple."
Alexandr Wang, 28, runs an ambitious AI effort at Meta and built a 100-person lab described as smaller and more talent-dense than other labs. The lab pursues superintelligence. Wang argues that most current code will be replaced by AI-produced code within five years, shifting the valuable skill from syntax to experimenting with and steering AI tools. He advises middle-school-aged children to devote substantial time to hands-on AI coding, claiming that extensive practical hours with tools create a large competitive edge. He compares the moment to the PC revolution and the early advantages of tinkerers.
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