RAG beats Fine-Tuning in learning your code base - but it doesn’t make AI a better dev



AI Summary

Video Title: AI Coding Assistant Exploration
Guests: Guy Gurari, Co-founder of Augment; Dion (Co-host)
Key Points:

  • Purpose of Augment: AI coding assistant that provides complete code base awareness to make developers more productive.
  • Efficiency Gains: Users can quickly get up to speed on unfamiliar code parts, reducing onboarding time from weeks to hours.
  • Evolution of Language Models: Guy’s journey from Google to building AI coding assistants; significance of models like GPT-3.
  • Context Matters: Importance of understanding the full code base for effective coding and good completion generation.
  • Future of Automation: Predictions on the role of coding assistants in future development and how they can automate certain tasks.
  • Developer Skills for the Future:
    • Deep understanding of systems remains essential.
    • Learning how to effectively use AI models will become increasingly important.
  • Open Source Models: Discussion on the challenges and potential of open weights versus truly open-source models.
  • Viewer Takeaway: Encouragement to try Augment and share feedback.

Call to Action: Visit augmentcode.com to start using Augment and provide feedback.