Cursor, AI code editor


Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI | Lex Fridman Podcast

Oct 6, 2024

Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Michael Truell, and Sualeh Asif are creators of Cursor, a popular code editor that specializes in AI-assisted programming.

Outline:

0:00 - Introduction
0:59 - Code editor basics
3:09 - GitHub Copilot
10:27 - Cursor
16:54 - Cursor Tab
23:08 - Code diff
31:20 - ML details
36:54 - GPT vs Claude
43:28 - Prompt engineering
50:54 - AI agents
1:04:51 - Running code in background
1:09:31 - Debugging
1:14:58 - Dangerous code
1:26:09 - Branching file systems
1:29:20 - Scaling challenges
1:43:32 - Context
1:48:39 - OpenAI o1
2:00:01 - Synthetic data
2:03:48 - RLHF vs RLAIF
2:05:34 - Fields Medal for AI
2:08:17 - Scaling laws
2:17:06 - The future of programming
 

Meet Cursor 1.0

Jun 4, 2025

Cursor 1.0 is here. We're introducing automated code review to catch and fix bugs in your PRs, a beta of memories so Cursor can learn from your codebase over time, one-click installs for MCPs, and the general availability of Background Agent. Plus, you'll find faster multi-location edits, richer chat interactions, a revamped settings dashboard, and Jupyter notebook support.
 
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