Vibe Coding Quiz: How Ready Are You for the New Software Economy?

A small accounting firm uses the free version of an AI chatbot to help draft client financial summaries. The summaries include client names and income figures. What is the primary data risk?

Free-tier AI tools may use inputs for model training, potentially exposing client financial data — this likely violates professional confidentiality obligations The AI chatbot will share client financial data with the IRS No risk — small accounting firms are exempt from data confidentiality regulations Free AI tools automatically encrypt all submitted data

You use an AI tool to draft a client proposal email. The AI includes a specific statistic — '73% of companies in your industry report cost savings from this approach.' What should you do before sending?

Remove all statistics since AI cannot know current data Verify the statistic independently — AI tools frequently fabricate specific data points and percentages Send it — AI models only include verified statistics Add a disclaimer that the email was AI-generated

Which of these vendor claims is a RED FLAG suggesting a tool may not have meaningful AI capability?

The tool integrates with Zapier 'AI-powered' prominently featured in marketing but no specific explanation of what the AI does in the product The vendor has raised venture capital funding The tool requires a free trial signup before showing pricing

In the vibe coding workflow, what is the human's primary role?

Translating existing code from one programming language to another Reviewing AI-generated code line by line for security vulnerabilities Product designer and decision-maker — describing what they want, testing results, and steering the direction Writing the core logic while AI handles boilerplate formatting

A small business evaluates an AI tool and discovers it will fine-tune its model using the company's customer data to improve future recommendations. What is the most important consideration before agreeing?

Whether the model improvement will be visible to the business within 30 days Whether using customer data for model training complies with the business's privacy policy and applicable data protection regulations — and whether customers consented Whether fine-tuning on small business data produces measurably better results Whether the model will be available to the business for download