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Karpathy's Encoding Fails: Cursor Stops, Warns Against Over-Reliance

Karpathy's Encoding Fails: Cursor Stops, Warns Against Over-Reliance

Cursor AI refuses coding requests, warns against dependency, sparking debate on AI's role in learning and efficiency. Is vibe coding the future?

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Mar 16, 2025
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Has Cursor Learned to "Slack Off"?

Not only does it say "No" to users' execution requests, but it also provides reasonable justifications.

Recently, an X user named "JanSwist" made this discovery while using Cursor for coding.

Here's what happened: The user invoked Claude 3.5 Sonnet on Cursor, and when the coding reached around 750 lines, Cursor stopped working and told the user to learn coding on their own, otherwise, it would create dependency.

The user was baffled. The cursor's behavior seemed too strange. Is this really its purpose?

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