talks

talk 4

• Don't Take the Black Pill Kelley argues software quality tracked programmer bargaining power, and that despair about it is the actual trap
• Nathan Lambert on China's AI Ecosystem and the Open Model Gap Lambert's 2025 recap of open models - Qwen overtaking Llama, a crowded Chinese field, and why the US needs funded, fully open models
• PL Education in the Age of AI Shriram Krishnamurthi on teaching PL to the 90% who won't do research, confidence over proof, and what agentic coding leaves CS to teach
• Software Fundamentals Matter More Than Ever Matt Pocock argues AI coding rewards old fundamentals — shared design concept, ubiquitous language, TDD, deep modules — and bad code costs more than ever