Fable Is Back...kinda?
Summary
Theo and Ben discuss the rise of Forward Deployed Engineers, with Microsoft hiring thousands to help companies adopt AI, and their recent experiences at the AIE conference. They analyze AI Engineer, emphasizing that younger, AI-native developers are crucial for bridging the skills gap. They debate best practices for creating effective agent skills and review Anthropic’s crackdown on data scraping by Alibaba. The episode concludes with a critique of OpenAI’s proposal to give the US government a stake in the company.
Topics discussed
Intro and the rise of forward-deployed engineering
The gap between AI hype and industry reality
Why top engineers struggle and the COBOL analogy
Anthropic AI conference recap and talks
Deep dive into Claude Code skills and workflows
Alibaba data scraping and Vibe Proxy controversy
Loops analytics and automated PR agents
Anthropic's safety restrictions and OpenAI equity
Testing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and workflow automation
Fable model limits and GPU provisioning theories
Opus vs. Sonnet pricing and reasoning effort
Jailbreaking, safety filters, and model capabilities
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