Vibe Coding: Is It Right For Data Science?

Join Charlottesville Data Science for a casual exploration of "vibe coding" — that intuitive, almost telepathic style of interacting with AI for programming tasks. Is this approach suitable for the rigorous demands of data science? Maybe. Let's explore the pros and cons together!

In this talk, we'll:

• Walk through the history of vibe coding/programming with AI — from early chatbots to today's nearly-fully-autonomous agents
• Demonstrate Code Puppy, an AI code agent that responds to natural language prompts with a vibe-based approach to problem-solving
• Do a live exploratory data analysis (EDA) with iPuppy-Notebooks, a Jupyter-like notebook integrated with a "Puppy Scientist" agent that will analyze datasets in real time
• I'll even attempt analysis on a dataset provided by an audience member, provided it can fit on my janky laptop!
• Discuss the weird state of the tech world and how to navigate our changing career landscape together
• Share strong opinions (that I hold weakly!) and encourage you to do the same

Come for the AI puppies, stay for the nerdy discussion! This will be less of a formal presentation and more of a fun conversation among data science professionals, vibe coders, computer nerds, and anyone else who feels like joining!

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