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AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead

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Cursor AI refuses to generate code for developers after 800 lines of code for a racing game project.

Cursor 's refusal represents an ironic twist in the rise of "vibe coding," a term coined by Andrej Karpathy .

The company's AI-powered code editor offers features like code completion, explanation, refactoring, and full function generation.

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