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: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep447-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/cursor-team-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA – submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring – join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other – other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact 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/ SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: Encord: AI tooling for annotation & data management. Go to https://encord.com/lex MasterClass: Online classes from world-class experts. Go to https://masterclass.com/lexpod Shopify: Sell stuff online. Go to https://shopify.com/lex NetSuite: Business management software. Go to http://netsuite.com/lex AG1: All-in-one daily nutrition drinks. Go to https://drinkag1.com/lex 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: https://lexfridman.com/podcast – Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr