Ambition in the Age of AI

Reflecting on Greg Brockman's GPT-4 sketch-to-website demo at OpenAI's March 2023 livestream, the author argues AI is foundational technology like electricity that has upended expectations for software engineers. Rather than using AI to do the same work with fewer engineers, organizations should do more with more—pursuing ambitious products, super-apps, and self-improving software—while still needing engineers with judgment, taste, and experience to direct agents.