#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.
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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:
(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

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