I jotted down some thoughts on the future of editors like #Emacs and #Vim in the age of AI https://batsov.com/articles/2026/03/09/emacs-and-vim-in-the-age-of-ai/

I'd be very curious to hear your thoughts on the subject as well.

Emacs and Vim in the Age of AI

It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. – Yogi Berra

(think)

@bbatsov I'm worried about the future. AI is getting pretty darn good and I primarily worry what that means for my own wellbeing both when it comes to keeping my job long term, and what it means for keeping my sanity short term. I've only been full on ai-assistedly coding for a few weeks and I feel like my attention span is shrinking and I'm getting more stupid from it.

I have a feeling that an AI-induced problem going forward will be tackled soley by an AI-solutions

@nthcdr @bbatsov don't use it to do the work for you. You should do the work and then ask it for advices and suggestions how to improve it. According to MIT research that showed that people are in fact getting more stupid from using AI it was the only path that showed that people were using brain more than before using AI