074: Today in AI: Vibe Coding Limits Exposed, AI Poverty Images Scandal, Claude Skills Released

Join 40,000 readers and get the full notes and summary: https://newsletter.aiwithkyle.com/subscribe Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/@iamkylebalmer?sub_confirmation=1 Want to become fast-track becoming an AI Trainer? Apply to join the next AI Workshop Kit cohort: https://newsletter.aiwithkyle.com/c/workshop-kit This video is from the ‘AI with Kyle News and Updates Live Stream’ First aired: 20 October 2025 Summary: Monday kicked off with proper chaos, AWS went down taking half the internet with it, including my vibe coding tools, which felt weirdly poetic given what I spent the stream discussing. Gizmodo put out this utterly daft article claiming Andrej Karpathy is a hypocrite for hand-coding his new Nano Chat project after coining the term "vibe coding." They've completely missed the point. Vibe coding is brilliant for the 99% of work that isn't frontier research like — web apps, MVPs, proof of concepts. But when you're literally pushing the envelope on how to build LLMs from scratch, of course you're writing it by hand. The AI doesn't have knowledge of work that hasn't been done yet. It's like saying a Michelin chef is a fraud for not using a microwave. I also dug into this deeply uncomfortable Guardian investigation about charities using AI-generated poverty images in their campaigns. There are literally 63,000 AI-generated poverty images on Freepik alone, and NGOs are buying them instead of using real photos. The intentions might be good—concerns over consent and budget cuts—but it's ethically murky at best. Then we looked at Claude Skills, which are genuinely clever. They're like a token-efficient alternative to MCP—basically markdown files that Claude only loads when relevant, rather than clogging up your entire context window. Simon Willison's breakdown is spot on: you get all the power without the overhead. Much more accessible than mucking about with command line tools. Watch full edited live stream: https://youtu.be/di3fBb4N5eA —— More Useful Resources —— My other daily live show - 30-day building a business in public challenge: https://www.youtube.com/live/Z0Z_1Eg3HUk (day one) Ultimate AI Learning Resource List: https://www.aiwithkyle.com/resources/ai-learning-guide Free AI Entrepreneurship Playbooks: https://aiwithkyle.com/catalog Free Quiz: What AI business should you start? https://aiwithkyle.com/tools Free AI Training Business Planner: https://aiwithkyle.com/tools/workshop-builder Free AI Industry Translator Tool: https://aiwithkyle.com/tools/industry-ai-translator Free 10-Week ‘Vibe Coding’ AI Summer Camp: https://aiwithkyle.com/courses/10-week-ai-summer-camp —— Time Stamps —— 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Today's Show Overview 1:05 Andrej Karpathy & Vibe Coding Controversy 7:37 AI-Generated Poverty Images in Charity Campaigns 14:54 Claude Skills Deep Dive 22:21 Ethan Mollick's Opinionated Guide to Using AI 30:38 Wrap Up & Newsletter Info —— Contact —— Best is in YouTube comments. For business enquiries only: https://www.passionfroot.me/iamkylebalmer

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