Vibe Coding: Four Security Nightmares in a Trenchcoat (with Susanna Cox), 2025.07.21

After many months of making fun of the term "vibe coding," Emily and Alex tackle the LLMs-as-coders fad head-on, with help from security researcher Susanna Cox. From one person's screed that proclaims everyone not on the vibe-coding bandwagon to be crazy, to the grandiose claim that LLMs could be the "opposable thumb" of the entire world of computing. It's big yikes, all around.
Susanna Cox (anglesofattack.io/about.html) is a consulting AI security researcher and a member of the core author team at OWASP AI Exchange.
References:
My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts (fly.io/blog/youre-all-nuts)
LLMs: the opposable thumb of computing (networkgames.fyi/llms-the-opposable-thumb-of-c…)
A disastrous day in the life of a vibe coder (xcancel.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802)
Also referenced:
Signal president Meredith Whittaker on the fundamental security problem with agentic AI (youtube.com/watch?v=jY8cd2YMdI4)
The "S" in MCP stands for security (elenacross7.medium.com/%EF%B8%8F-the-s-in-mcp-…)
Our Opinions Are Correct: The Turing Test is Bullshit (ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/2024/4/4/t…)
AI Hell:
Sam Altman: The (gentle) singularity is already here (blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity)
What do the boosters think reading is, anyway? (bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3lrocp…)
Meta's climate model made up fake CO2 removal ideas (archive.md/8sYNv)
Ongoing lawsuit means all your ChatGPT conversations will be saved (mashable.com/article/court-orders-openai-to-sa…)
"Dance like you're part of the training set" (bsky.app/profile/markriedl.bsky.social/post/3l…)
Some Guy tries to mansplain Signal to…Signal's president (bsky.app/profile/klonick.bsky.social/post/3lrt…)
WSJ headline claims ChatGPT "self-reflection", gets dunked (bsky.app/profile/tylerhuckabee.bsky.social/pos…)
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Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park (naomipleasurepark.com).
Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.