The Times Tech Podcast

Fixie.ai's Matt Welsh: "The 12-cent engineer"

Apr 7, 2023

55:28

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Importance of Innovation in AI

2min

The Future of Computer Programming

3min

The Future of Programming

4min

How to Be a Professional Software Developer

2min

How to Use Natural Language to Solve a Problem

3min

The Cost of a Professional Software Engineer in the Bay Area

2min

The Middle Class Engineer in Silicon Valley

2min

The Future of Typesetting Machines

2min

10.

AI and the Future of Software Development

2min

11.

The Slowdown in AI Innovation

2min

12.

The Progression of AI in the Field

2min

13.

The Evolution of Open AI

2min

14.

The Future of Open AI

4min

15.

Chat GPT: A New Way to Communicate With Your Phone

4min

16.

The Future of Language Models

2min

17.

The Future of Language Models

2min

18.

How I Left Google and Found Fixie

3min

19.

How OctoML Helped Me Start an AI Company

2min

20.

The Rise of Chatsy PT

2min

21.

The Industrial Revolution and the Importance of Deep Knowledge

2min

22.

The Future of Life Letter

3min

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Matt Welsh, founder of Fixie.ai, to talk about how artificial intelligence will replace human programmers (3:25), its growing capabilities (8:20), the power of natural language prompts (13:20), running the numbers (16:15), historical precedents (21:30), on whether there is a development “brick wall” coming (25:00), why this AI moment has arrived (27:50), whether OpenAI will have a defensible business model (32:30), Fixie’s plan (35:40), a world of bespoke AIs for different industries (41:20), Welsh’s history at Google, Apple and startups (43:50), starting Fixie (46:30), and the societal shift to come (50:45).

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