Kristian Freed, a former CTO at Pariti and a thought leader in AI-driven software development, dives into the transformative journey of coding tools from simple text editors to advanced AI integrations like Co-Pilot. He discusses how AI is reshaping software practices, improving coding efficiency, and acting as a digital mentor for developers. Freed raises crucial points about the balance between AI and human input, the potential risks of mediocre code, and what the future might hold for software engineers in an AI-dominated landscape.