Overview
- Wang told the TBPN podcast during Meta Connect 2025 that 13‑year‑olds should spend their time “vibe‑coding” to build fluency with AI tools.
- He framed the moment as similar to when Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg grew up with computers, arguing early immersion creates lasting economic advantages.
- Vibe‑coding refers to building software by prompting AI systems and iterating on their outputs, a term attributed to OpenAI co‑founder Andrej Karpathy.
- Wang said investing about 10,000 hours experimenting with AI can give young people a huge edge over peers who use the tools less effectively.
- Coverage places his remarks alongside Meta’s heavy AI push and a reported restructuring of its AI division that cut around 600 roles, with newer recruits tied to superintelligence efforts largely retained.