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Episode Synopsis
What is the extent of autonomous coding engineer Devin’s ability to generate real, functional applications with little to no help? Nabeel and Fraser dive into the buzz about Cognition’s ‘Devin’, what makes it different, and the transformative potential of AI in software engineering, particularly focusing on autonomous coding software. Later, they get into the innovator's dilemma and the lessons the .com era can lend to this new time in AI.(00:00) Intro(01:23) The buzz about Cognition’s Devin(07:44) What makes Devin different?(12:19) Tolerance for time(16:07) The interface of the future(22:19) Innovating around the incumbent’s advantage(25:30) Cutting edge products mean new user bases(29:52) Netscape was the Open AI of the Mobile Revolution(33:42) Optimism as the engine of capitalism(37:56) The model is not the product
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