Companion · #447 – Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI

Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Michael Truell, and Sualeh Asif are creators of Cursor, a popular code editor that specializes in AI-assisted programming. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep447-sc">https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep447-sc</a> See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/cursor-team-transcript">https://lexfridman.com/cursor-team-transcript</a> CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/survey">https://lexfridman.com/survey</a> AMA – submit questions, videos or call-in: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/ama">https://lexfridman.com/ama</a> Hiring – join our team: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/hiring">https://lexfridman.com/hiring</a> Other – other ways to get in touch: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/contact">https://lexfridman.com/contact</a> EPISODE LINKS: Cursor Website: <a href="https://cursor.com">https://cursor.com</a> Cursor on X: <a href="https://x.com/cursor_ai">https://x.com/cursor_ai</a> Anysphere Website: <a href="https://anysphere.inc/">https://anysphere.inc/</a> Aman’s X: <a href="https://x.com/amanrsanger">https://x.com/amanrsanger</a> Aman’s Website: <a href="https://amansanger.com/">https://amansanger.com/</a> Arvid’s X: <a href="https://x.com/ArVID220u">https://x.com/ArVID220u</a> Arvid’s Website: <a href="https://arvid.xyz/">https://arvid.xyz/</a> Michael’s Website: <a href="https://mntruell.com/">https://mntruell.com/</a> Michael’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://bit.ly/3zIDkPN">https://bit.ly/3zIDkPN</a> Sualeh’s X: <a href="https://x.com/sualehasif996">https://x.com/sualehasif996</a> Sualeh’s Website: <a href="https://sualehasif.me/">https://sualehasif.me/</a> SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: Encord: AI tooling for annotation & data management. Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/encord-ep447-sc">https://encord.com/lex</a> MasterClass: Online classes from world-class experts. Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/masterclass-ep447-sc">https://masterclass.com/lexpod</a> Shopify: Sell stuff online. Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/shopify-ep447-sc">https://shopify.com/lex</a> NetSuite: Business management software. Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/netsuite-ep447-sc">http://netsuite.com/lex</a> AG1: All-in-one daily nutrition drinks. Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/ag1-ep447-sc">https://drinkag1.com/lex</a> OUTLINE: (00:00) – Introduction (09:25) – Code editor basics (11:35) – GitHub Copilot (18:53) – Cursor (25:20) – Cursor Tab (31:35) – Code diff (39:46) – ML details (45:20) – GPT vs Claude (51:54) – Prompt engineering (59:20) – AI agents (1:13:18) – Running code in background (1:17:57) – Debugging (1:23:25) – Dangerous code (1:34:35) – Branching file systems (1:37:47) – Scaling challenges (1:51:58) – Context (1:57:05) – OpenAI o1 (2:08:27) – Synthetic data (2:12:14) – RLHF vs RLAIF (2:14:01) – Fields Medal for AI (2:16:43) – Scaling laws (2:25:32) – The future of programming PODCAST LINKS: – Podcast Website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a> – RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a> – Podcast Playlist: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4</a> – Clips Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/lexclips">https://www.youtube.com/lexclips</a>

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