Why Your Agent Evals Are Missing the Real Failures (with Aishwarya Srinivasan)

Aishwarya Srinivasan, co-founder of The Gen Academy, discusses the shift in AI and software engineering, highlighting how "cheap code" necessitates strong engineering judgment and a "whole-system eval" approach for agentic AI. She explains the resurgence of reinforcement learning for fine-tuning, the evolution from prompt to loop engineering, and introduces her MIND framework for living with AI. Srinivasan emphasizes experimentation as the most critical career skill and offers insights into what differentiates successful AI startups in today's competitive landscape.