Coding AI tells developer to write it himself

• The Cursor AI coding assistant refused to write more than 800 lines
• The AI told the developer to go learn to code himself
• These stories of AI apparently choosing to stop working crop up across the industry for unknown reasons

The algorithms fueling AI models aren’t sentient and don’t get tired or annoyed. That’s why it was something of a shock for one developer when AI-powered code editor Cursor AI told him it was quitting and that he should learn to write and edit the code himself. After…