Automating Software Engineering: Genie Tops SWE-Bench, w/ Alistair Pullen, from Latent.Space podcast

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In this special crossover episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan shares an insightful conversation from the Latent.Space podcast. Swyx and Alessio interview Alistair Pullen of Cosine, creators of Genie, showcasing the cutting edge of AI automation in software engineering. Learn how Cosine achieves state-of-the-art results on the SWE-bench benchmark by implementing advanced AI techniques. This episode complements Nathan's recent discussion on AI Automation, demonstrating how far these practices can be pushed in real-world applications. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the future of AI-driven software development and its implications for businesses across industries.

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CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) About the Show

(00:00:22) Sponsors: WorkOS

(00:01:22) About the Episode

(00:04:29) Alistair and Cosine intro

(00:13:50) Building the Code Retrieval Tool

(00:17:36) Sponsors: Weights & Biases Weave | 80,000 Hours

(00:20:15) Developing Genie and Fine-tuning Process

(00:27:41) Working with Customer Data

(00:30:53) Code Retrieval Challenges and Solutions

(00:36:39) Sponsors: Omneky

(00:37:02) Planning and Reasoning in AI Models

(00:45:55) Language Support and Generalization

(00:49:46) Fine-tuning Experience with OpenAI

(00:52:56) Synthetic Data and Self-improvement Loop

(00:55:57) Benchmarking and SWE-bench Results

(01:01:47) Future Plans for Genie

(01:03:02) Industry Trends and Cursor's Success

(01:05:23) Calls to Action and Ideal Customers

(01:08:43) Outro