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A U.S. Air Force cadet with zero coding experience teamed up with an MIT researcher to see if AI chatbots could empower non-tech users to build battlefield apps—fast, cheap, and without traditional barriers. Using “vibe-coding” with tools like ChatGPT and Claude, he spent three months refining his approach, learning to steer AI toward practical solutions. The goal? Slash friendly fire and boost soldier survivability with AI-driven targeting and comms. But he quickly learned AI’s limits—sometimes it drifts off-topic or generates messy code. The experiment didn’t just build software—it rewrote his view of what AI can—and can’t—do.

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