{"id":45203,"date":"2025-09-26T22:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=45203"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:36:08","slug":"billionaire-alexandr-wang-says-teens-should-hone-this-skill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=45203","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Alexandr Wang Says Teens Should Hone This Skill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-386715\">\n<header class=\"\">\n<div class=\"tw:text-lg\">\n<p>Alexandr Wang is the founder of Scale AI, an AI training startup.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gate-check piano-check is-layout-flow tw:prose tw:prose-lg tw:prose-blue tw:font-serif tw:max-w-[728px] tw:mb-12 tw:mx-auto tw:lg:mx-0\">\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Alexandr Wang, 28, is Meta\u2019s chief AI officer. <\/li>\n<li>In a new interview, Wang recommended that young people learn how to vibe-code, or allow AI to write code based on instructions in plain English. <\/li>\n<li>Wang predicted that AI would be able to write substantial amounts of code in the next five years, including all of the code he has ever written.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>MIT dropout and AI billionaire Alexandr Wang, 28, says that the key to getting ahead is learning to use AI code creation tools \u2014 and he recommends that all teens get up to speed with using them.<\/p>\n<p>On an episode of the <i>TBPN<\/i> podcast that aired earlier this month, Wang shared his advice for young people, especially as AI takes over coding at big tech companies. At Microsoft and Google, for example, AI is writing up to 30% of code for company projects.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AI coding tools like Replit and Cursor, which can generate blocks of code from a prompt, have enabled the rise of \u201cvibe-coding,\u201d or allowing AI to write code based on instructions in plain English. Non-technical people have vibe-coded apps and websites. Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai admitted in June to using AI to vibe-code a webpage.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: Should High School Students Still Learn to Code? \u2018Absolutely,\u2019 Says OpenAI Engineer<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Wang said that young people should spend \u201call\u201d of their time vibe-coding and make it a way of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are, like, 13 years old, you should spend all of your time vibe-coding,\u201d Wang said on the podcast. \u201cThat\u2019s how you should live your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned that if teenagers spend \u201c10,000 hours\u201d getting familiar with AI coding tools, \u201cthat\u2019s a huge advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang. Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wang co-founded Scale AI, a data labeling startup for AI training, in 2016, after dropping out of MIT following his freshman year. He led the company for nearly a decade as CEO. The startup\u2019s growth made him the world\u2019s youngest self-made billionaire, with a net worth of $2 billion, per <i>Forbes<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b>The CEO of a Billion-Dollar Vibe Coding Startup Says You Can Break Into Tech Without a Computer Science Degree<\/p>\n<p>Wang announced in June that he would be leaving the company to join Meta, which made a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI in exchange for a 49% stake in the startup and access to new talent, including Wang. The investment more than doubled Scale AI\u2019s valuation from $14 billion to $29 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Wang, who is now Meta\u2019s chief AI officer, said on the podcast that AI being able to write code was a game-changer that \u201cradicalized\u201d him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to understate the degree to which I\u2019ve been radicalized by AI coding,\u201d Wang said. \u201cI think that fundamentally, the role of an engineer is very different now than it was before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wang predicted that AI models will be able to produce substantial amounts of code within the next five years, including \u201cliterally all the code\u201d he has ever written.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: The CEO of the World\u2019s Most Valuable Company Says This Would Be His College Major in 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Wang\u2019s remarks echo those made by Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, the world\u2019s most valuable company. Huang said in June that it no longer matters if someone never learned how to code \u2014 \u201cthere\u2019s a new programming language\u201d called natural language that they can use to prompt AI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow piano-meter-body tw:prose tw:prose-lg tw:prose-blue tw:font-serif tw:max-w-[728px] tw:mb-12 tw:hidden tw:mx-auto tw:lg:mx-0\">\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Alexandr Wang, 28, is Meta\u2019s chief AI officer. <\/li>\n<li>In a new interview, Wang recommended that young people learn how to vibe-code, or allow AI to write code based on instructions in plain English. <\/li>\n<li>Wang predicted that AI would be able to write substantial amounts of code in the next five years, including all of the code he has ever written.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>MIT dropout and AI billionaire Alexandr Wang, 28, says that the key to getting ahead is learning to use AI code creation tools \u2014 and he recommends that all teens get up to speed with using them.<\/p>\n<p>On an episode of the <i>TBPN<\/i> podcast that aired earlier this month, Wang shared his advice for young people, especially as AI takes over coding at big tech companies. At Microsoft and Google, for example, AI is writing up to 30% of code for company projects.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AI coding tools like Replit and Cursor, which can generate blocks of code from a prompt, have enabled the rise of \u201cvibe-coding,\u201d or allowing AI to write code based on instructions in plain English. Non-technical people have vibe-coded apps and websites. Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai admitted in June to using AI to vibe-code a webpage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/ai-billionaire-founder-says-teens-should-hone-this-skill\/497624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandr Wang is the founder of Scale AI, an AI training startup. Key Takeaways Alexandr Wang, 28, is Meta\u2019s chief AI officer. 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