Source Code

topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

the Knowledge Project the MAD Podcast 20VC

3 statements about Source Code, every show

20VC Prediction Not checkable as stated
Source code will become irrelevant as AI prompts replace programming, predicts Simionato
“But I think the code will become irrelevant, but I'm biased. I'm a PM. So I care about the prompt and the result. But I think that ultimately what you want to do is to deliver a great UX by giving the right commands.”
Federico Simionato Dec 5, 2025 ▶ 1:01:22 20VC: Inside Bending Spoons Acquisition Machine: Evernote, Eventbrite, Vimeo | How Evernote Evaluates Acquisitions and New Product Ideas | How Evernote Mastered Product Launches, User Retention and Monetisation with Federico Simionato
MAD Insight
Kant: Executable source code allows automated AI model feedback
“Source code is one of the very few things that we generate with neural networks. That we can actually execute an introspect. It doesn't require human feedback to evaluate it. It doesn't require humans to step by step reason through it. We have built compilers,…”
Eiso Kant Dec 20, 2023 ▶ 8:11 The Race to Build the Ultimate AI Programmer | Poolside CTO Eiso Kant
Fry: Open-sourcing algorithms fails to provide effective public accountability
“If you publish the code, if you publish the source code of something, the level of technical knowledge and time actually that it would take to interrogate that as an outsider, enough that you have a really good understanding of how it works, enough to be able …”
Hannah Fry Jul 7, 2020 ▶ 23:25 #87 Hannah Fry: The Role of Algorithms

← every entity, every show

Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, thousands of episodes across every show transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.