#447 – Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI

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<p>Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Michael Truell, and Sualeh Asif are creators of Cursor, a popular code editor that specializes in AI-assisted programming.<br /> Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep447-sc">https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep447-sc</a><br /> See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.</p> <p><b>Transcript:</b><br /> <a href="https://lexfridman.com/cursor-team-transcript">https://lexfridman.com/cursor-team-transcript</a></p> <p><b>CONTACT LEX:</b><br /> <b>Feedback</b> &#8211; give feedback to Lex: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/survey">https://lexfridman.com/survey</a><br /> <b>AMA</b> &#8211; submit questions, videos or call-in: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/ama">https://lexfridman.com/ama</a><br /> <b>Hiring</b> &#8211; join our team: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/hiring">https://lexfridman.com/hiring</a><br /> <b>Other</b> &#8211; other ways to get in touch: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/contact">https://lexfridman.com/contact</a></p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Cursor Website: <a href="https://cursor.com">https://cursor.com</a><br /> Cursor on X: <a href="https://x.com/cursor_ai">https://x.com/cursor_ai</a><br /> Anysphere Website: <a href="https://anysphere.inc/">https://anysphere.inc/</a><br /> Aman&#8217;s X: <a href="https://x.com/amanrsanger">https://x.com/amanrsanger</a><br /> Aman&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://amansanger.com/">https://amansanger.com/</a><br /> Arvid&#8217;s X: <a href="https://x.com/ArVID220u">https://x.com/ArVID220u</a><br /> Arvid&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://arvid.xyz/">https://arvid.xyz/</a><br /> Michael&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://mntruell.com/">https://mntruell.com/</a><br /> Michael&#8217;s LinkedIn: <a href="https://bit.ly/3zIDkPN">https://bit.ly/3zIDkPN</a><br /> Sualeh&#8217;s X: <a href="https://x.com/sualehasif996">https://x.com/sualehasif996</a><br /> Sualeh&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://sualehasif.me/">https://sualehasif.me/</a></p> <p><b>SPONSORS:</b><br /> To support this podcast, check out our sponsors &#38; get discounts:<br /> <b>Encord:</b> AI tooling for annotation &#38; data management.<br /> Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/encord-ep447-sc">https://encord.com/lex</a><br /> <b>MasterClass:</b> Online classes from world-class experts.<br /> Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/masterclass-ep447-sc">https://masterclass.com/lexpod</a><br /> <b>Shopify:</b> Sell stuff online.<br /> Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/shopify-ep447-sc">https://shopify.com/lex</a><br /> <b>NetSuite:</b> Business management software.<br /> Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/netsuite-ep447-sc">http://netsuite.com/lex</a><br /> <b>AG1:</b> All-in-one daily nutrition drinks.<br /> Go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/s/ag1-ep447-sc">https://drinkag1.com/lex</a></p> <p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br /> (00:00) &#8211; Introduction<br /> (09:25) &#8211; Code editor basics<br /> (11:35) &#8211; GitHub Copilot<br /> (18:53) &#8211; Cursor<br /> (25:20) &#8211; Cursor Tab<br /> (31:35) &#8211; Code diff<br /> (39:46) &#8211; ML details<br /> (45:20) &#8211; GPT vs Claude<br /> (51:54) &#8211; Prompt engineering<br /> (59:20) &#8211; AI agents<br /> (1:13:18) &#8211; Running code in background<br /> (1:17:57) &#8211; Debugging<br /> (1:23:25) &#8211; Dangerous code<br /> (1:34:35) &#8211; Branching file systems<br /> (1:37:47) &#8211; Scaling challenges<br /> (1:51:58) &#8211; Context<br /> (1:57:05) &#8211; OpenAI o1<br /> (2:08:27) &#8211; Synthetic data<br /> (2:12:14) &#8211; RLHF vs RLAIF<br /> (2:14:01) &#8211; Fields Medal for AI<br /> (2:16:43) &#8211; Scaling laws<br /> (2:25:32) &#8211; The future of programming</p> <p><b>PODCAST LINKS:</b><br /> &#8211; Podcast Website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a><br /> &#8211; Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a><br /> &#8211; Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a><br /> &#8211; RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a><br /> &#8211; Podcast Playlist: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4</a><br /> &#8211; Clips Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/lexclips">https://www.youtube.com/lexclips</a></p>