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Published · transcript-backedSundar Pichai: belief
5 Jun 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #471 – Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet
“Look, if you can use these tools to generate better code, I think that’s an asset.”
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- Sundar Pichai
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- belief
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- 5 Jun 2025
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…I think in the end, everything will be written in JavaScript and run in Chrome. I think it’s all going to that direction. I mean, just for fun, Google has legendary coding interviews, like rigorous interviews for the engineers. Can you comment on how that has changed in the era of AI? It’s just such a weird… The whiteboard interview, I assume, is not allowed to have some prompts. Such a good question. Look, we are making sure we’ll introduce at least one round of in-person interviews for people just to make sure the fundamentals are there. I think they’ll end up being important, but it’s an equally important skill. Look, if you can use these tools to generate better code, I think that’s an asset. So overall, I think it’s a massive positive. Vibe coding engineer, do you recommend people, students interested in programming still get an education in computer science in college education? What do you think?…
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