Lex Fridman Podcast
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#447 – Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI

October 6, 2024 · 2 h 38 min

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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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EPISODE LINKS:

Cursor Website: https://cursor.com

Cursor on X: https://x.com/cursor_ai

Anysphere Website: https://anysphere.inc/

Aman’s X: https://x.com/amanrsanger

Aman’s Website: https://amansanger.com/

Arvid’s X: https://x.com/ArVID220u

Arvid’s Website: https://arvid.xyz/

Michael’s Website: https://mntruell.com/

Michael’s LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3zIDkPN

Sualeh’s X: https://x.com/sualehasif996

Sualeh’s Website: https://sualehasif.me/

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OUTLINE:

() – Introduction

() – Code editor basics

() – GitHub Copilot

() – Cursor

() – Cursor Tab

() – Code diff

() – ML details

() – GPT vs Claude

() – Prompt engineering

() – AI agents

() – Running code in background

() – Debugging

() – Dangerous code

() – Branching file systems

() – Scaling challenges

() – Context

() – OpenAI o1

() – Synthetic data

() – RLHF vs RLAIF

() – Fields Medal for AI

() – Scaling laws

() – The future of programming

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