I'm 78 and vibe coding. Retirement doesn't mean I'm behind on AI

Lewis Dickson, 78, is semi-retired and says technology is fun rather than work. He began his career at IBM in the late 1970s and did technology consulting for a Fortune 500 company in Atlanta from 2015 to 2024, teaching many engineers and customers along the way.

When ChatGPT arrived he started experimenting, and a few months ago he tried vibe coding. He chose Emergent because it offered a full stack so he could build without involving back-end developers. After a couple of simple projects he's completed a dozen or more apps, including two for an AED company that pull data from a camera provider's website and an AI voice web app that answers "What's our AED status?"; when he first showed the CEO a demo, the CEO lit up.

Dickson traces his comfort with change to early days as a ham radio operator at 13, using Morse code and tube equipment, and has followed the evolution through phones, cellphones, and now AI.

United States, Atlanta

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