This is madness in a positive kind of way.
The first point is that this is "Made in China". It will somehow become more and more difficult to sneer that China is copying now that clearly the country is trail blazing in the AI field.
The second point is that such technologies are truly disrupting both economically and socially.
Many companies will soon lose their "raison d'etre" or purpose, if such technologies spread as fast or even faster than they do now with millions of well paid jobs on the line. 2026 is the year when this problem will suddenly become overwhelming. Imagine a full generation graduating from university and finding a completely closed job market. How long can our societies remain functional?
Worse, if apps become so easy to build that you can have hundreds of self-made Apps on your mobile, it is a full ecosystem of apps we need to rethink. What apps can be used, when? Which apps become toxic when used in specific circumstances? etc... The complexity becomes daunting and the consequences difficult to fathom.
In a way, this is a lucky happenstance to have this problem just before the arrival of agents, kind of super-apps, which should explode in 2026.
Now, I think, is the time to get worried. ASI or super intelligence is for later. Social and economic disruption is for 2026. A month or so from today!
Chinese Text-To-App 'Vibe Coding' Tool Went So Viral It Crashed (on Zero hedge)
Software engineers have been increasingly relying on AI to help with complex coding tasks, a practice known as "vibe-coding."
While vibe-coding has been largely limited to helping with portions of a project, Chinese developers have created an AI tool that converts text into a complete app.
The app, LingGuang, launched last Tuesday and reached over 1 million downloads in four days. By Monday, the app crossed 2 million downloads, according to the developer - Ant Group (an affiliate of the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group), while LingGuang ranked #1 on Apple's mainland China App Store for free utilities apps, and #6 overall for free apps.
Shortly after going viral, the 'flash program' feature temporarily crashed amid a flood of users.
The flash program allows users to create personalized, interactive apps using natural language prompts in 30 seconds. According to Ant Group, people are creating apps like 'kid activity generators' and car cost savings calculators.
"LingGuang is bringing every user their own personal AI developer: someone who can code, create visuals, build programs, and turn complex ideas into simple solutions — right in your pocket," according to a Tuesday press release from Ant Group CTO He Zhengyu.
On Monday, the company said that the explosive popularity makes LingGuang "a key player worth following in the quickly evolving global AI race," noting that the app hit its first million downloads faster than ChatGPT and Sora.
Beyond the flash programming feature, LingGuang is being advertised as a multimodal AI tool that can generate 3D models, interactive charts, animations and other illustrations in order to help users understand abstract concepts. The tool also includes an "AGI camera" that can understand inputs in real time and help users analyze or edit pictures or videos on the fly.
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