#447 Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI

Published: Oct. 6, 2024, 6:47 p.m.

Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Michael Truell, and Sualeh Asif are creators of Cursor, a popular code editor that specializes in AI-assisted programming.
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\nEPISODE LINKS:
\nCursor Website: https://cursor.com
\nCursor on X: https://x.com/cursor_ai
\nAnysphere Website: https://anysphere.inc/
\nAman's X: https://x.com/amanrsanger
\nAman's Website: https://amansanger.com/
\nArvid's X: https://x.com/ArVID220u
\nArvid's Website: https://arvid.xyz/
\nMichael's Website: https://mntruell.com/
\nMichael's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3zIDkPN
\nSualeh's X: https://x.com/sualehasif996
\nSualeh's Website: https://sualehasif.me/
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\nOUTLINE:
\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(09:25) - Code editor basics
\n(11:35) - GitHub Copilot
\n(18:53) - Cursor
\n(25:20) - Cursor Tab
\n(31:35) - Code diff
\n(39:46) - ML details
\n(45:20) - GPT vs Claude
\n(51:54) - Prompt engineering
\n(59:20) - AI agents
\n(1:13:18) - Running code in background
\n(1:17:57) - Debugging
\n(1:23:25) - Dangerous code
\n(1:34:35) - Branching file systems
\n(1:37:47) - Scaling challenges
\n(1:51:58) - Context
\n(1:57:05) - OpenAI o1
\n(2:08:27) - Synthetic data
\n(2:12:14) - RLHF vs RLAIF
\n(2:14:01) - Fields Medal for AI
\n(2:16:43) - Scaling laws
\n(2:25:32) - The future of programming
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