The other, OTHER mental health problem with generative AI [ai, tech]

[siderea]

This is legitimately one of the most alarming things I've heard about AI. I can see no lie.

2026 Apr 6: Alberta Tech [YT]: "Vibe Coding is Gambling" [56 seconds]:

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[juan_gandhi]

Well, obviously.

[wispfox]

I do not think you have the video you desired embedded here.

[siderea]

It's showing correctly for me?

[andrewducker]

And me.

[moodsong]

The link in the text goes to the right spot, I think. It fits the description.

[hudebnik]

Everybody knows that sometimes vibe-coding produces obviously-wrong results. Maybe that's not a bug, but a feature, giving it the intermittent-reinforcement property so conducive to addiction.

[flexagon]

Well... entering the "compile" command didn't used to feel so different. Coding itself could be pretty addictive (I mean, conducive to a flow state) in the old days. And I don't think it's really "gambling" if one's job is to take the unpredictable output and learn to prompt for updates/fixes with more and more precision.

I'm sure this dynamic is in fact lousy for some people though.

[nuclearpolymer]

I was going to say that compiling used to feel like playing the jackpot game. It was sometimes tempting to just pull the lever, even when you knew you should rewrite/review more first. I imagine it's even more extreme now, where the reward is not just a clean compile but potentially a whole functional UI or app mock up.