Refactoring with Cursor

I decided to update my Hugo theme. This includes updating deprecated template syntax, getting a bit more width for the posts, and adding a better and fancier “terminal” lookalike for the source code examples. This is tedious and brings little to no intellectual value to me. Obviously, I am neither discovering Generative AI nor Cursor, but hey… I like to procrastinate, okay?

So what should have taken me a few hours was achieved in only 10 minutes. I also played with Cursor to create a Flask application, and I must say that Cursor brings this kind of seamless AI development that I have dreamt of.

This whole generative AI thing is great and all, but it’s all fun and games until someone loses critical thinking… This “fear” is backed up by several research papers on the impact of generative AI on the human mind. This topic is of special interest to me since I am currently writing a Master II mémoire on the sovereignty of Generative AI.

I have always been a supporter of the 3Cs: Curiosity, Creativity, and Critical Thinking. It is especially true for Cybersecurity, as I believe that you cannot succeed in this field if you lag behind in just one. How will Gen AI and AI in general impact our (and my) critical thinking? I don’t know, but it keeps me on my toes when it comes to trusting AI. I simply don’t.

*This blog post is 100% human-written and 100% GenAI proofread.