Today on No Priors, Sarah Guo and Elad Gil are joined by Eric Steinberger, the co-founder and CEO of Magic.dev. His team is developing a software engineer co-pilot that will act more like a colleague than a tool. They discussed what makes Magic stand out from the crowd of AI co-pilots, the evaluation bar for a truly great AI assistant, and their predictions on what a post-AGI world could look like if the transition is managed with care.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Introduction

(0:45) Eric’s journey to founding Magic.dev

(4:01) Long context windows for more accurate outcomes

(10:53) Building a path toward AGI

(15:18) Defining what is enough compute for AGI

(17:34) Achieving Magic’s final UX

(20:03) What makes a good AI assistant

(22:09) Hiring at Magic

(27:10) Impact of AGI

(32:44) Eric’s north star for Magic

(36:09) How Magic will interact in other tools

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