Key Takeaways Andrew Ng is the founder of Google Brain, an AI research team incorporated into Google.
In a new talk, Ng recommended using AI-assisted tools to generate code, or “vibe coding.”
According to Ng, those who learn how to code will be more productive than those who don’t.
Google Brain AI research team founder and Stanford University computer science professor Andrew Ng believes people should still learn how to code — but with an AI twist.
At a talk at AI cloud company Snowflake‘s Build conference on Monday, Ng recommended that “everyone” learn how to code. Those who code will be more productive than those who don’t, no matter what their role is, according to Ng.
“People that code, be it CEOs and marketers, recruiters, not just software engineers, will really get more done than ones that don’t,” Ng said at the event.
Ng, who has authored over 200 research papers on AI, machine learning and robotics, said that now is a “wonderful time” to code and build something — but he recommended using AI to create code instead of writing it out manually.
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“Don’t code by hand,” he said at the conference. “Don’t do [it] the old way. Get AI to help you code, and that will make people in all job functions much more productive and have more fun.”
Andrew Ng. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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