Coinbase CEO’su, hemen yapay zeka denemeyen mühendisleri neden kovduğunu açıkladı.

. And they got fired.”

Armstrong admits that it was a “heavy-handed approach” and there were people in the company who “didn’t like it.”

While it doesn’t sound like very many people were fired, Armstrong said it sent a clear message that AI is not optional. Still, everything about that story is wild: that there were engineers who wouldn’t spend a few minutes of their week signing up for and testing the AI assistant — the most hyped tech for coders ever — and that Armstrong was willing to fire them over it.

Coinbase did not respond to a request for comment.

Since then, Armstrong has leaned further into the training. He said the company hosts monthly meetings where teams who have mastered creative ways to use AI share what they have learned.

Interestingly, Collison, who has been programming since childhood, questioned how much companies should be relying on AI-generated code.

“It’s clear that it is very helpful to have AI helping you write code. It’s not clear how you run an AI-coded code base,” he commented. Armstrong replied, “I agree.”

Indeed, as TechCrunch previously reported, a former OpenAI engineer described that company’s central code repository as “a bit of a dumping ground.” The engineer said management had begun dedicating engineering resources to improve the situation.

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