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The Great Loops Debate and the State of AI Engineering

The AI Engineer World's Fair ended with a debate about loops, a report on the state of AI engineering, and closing keynotes focused on what to build next. The debate centered around the viability of autonomous software factories and whether the engineering discipline is lagging behind the ambition.

The AI Engineer World's Fair ended with a debate about loops, a report on the state of AI engineering, and closing keynotes focused on what to build next. The debate centered around the viability of autonomous software factories and whether the engineering discipline is lagging behind the ambition. The takeaway from the debate is that we should start small and iterate with agent loops, building up intuition and not trying to automate everything at once.

The AI Engineer World's Fair ended with a debate about loops, a report on the state of AI engineering, and closing keynotes focused on what to build next. The debate centered around the viability of autonomous software factories and whether the engineering discipline is lagging behind the ambition.

  • The AI Engineer World's Fair ended with a debate about loops, a report on the state of AI engineering, and closing keynotes focused on what to build next.
  • The debate centered around the viability of autonomous software factories and whether the engineering discipline is lagging behind the ambition.
  • The pro-loop case was presented by Geoffrey Huntley, creator of the Ralph Loop, and Keycard CEO Ian Livingstone, who argued that loops are already here and inevitable, and that ver
Miau Labs takeThe takeaway from the debate is that we should start small and iterate with agent loops, building up intuition and not trying to automate everything at once.