A New Way of Building with AI

Thanks to MLflow for supporting this episode — the platform helping teams track, manage, and deploy ML and GenAI projects with ease. Try it free at mlflow.org.What if AI could build and maintain your software—like a co-worker who never forgets state? In this episode, Jiquan Ngiam chats with Demetrios about agents that actually do the work: parsing emails, updating spreadsheets, and reshaping how we design software itself. Less hype, more hands-on AI—tune in for a glimpse at the future of truly personalized computing.// BioJiquan Ngiam is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lutra AI, with deep expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning. He was previously at Google Brain, Coursera, and in the Stanford CS Ph.D. program advised by Andrew Ng. He helped develop the first online courses in Machine Learning, and is now building agentic AI systems that can complete tasks for us.// Related Linkshttps://www.youtube.com/@LutraAI#api #llm #lutra #costefficiency #latentspace ~~~~~~~~ ✌️Connect With Us ✌️ ~~~~~~~Catch all episodes, blogs, newsletters, and more: https://go.mlops.community/TYExploreMLOps Swag/Merch: [https://shop.mlops.community/]Connect with Demetrios on LinkedIn: /dpbrinkmConnect with Jiquan on LinkedIn: /jngiam/Timestamps:[00:00] Agents That Actually Do Work[08:21] Building Tables With AI Help[12:54] Guardrails for Smarter Code[16:35 - 18:00] MLFlow Ad[18:30] What’s Next for MCP?[23:23] AI as Your Data Conductor[31:13] Rethinking AI + Data Stacks[32:10] Sandbox Security, Real Risks[40:48] Smarter Reviews, Powered by Use[46:08] Cost vs. Quality in AI[52:00] Podcast Editing Gets Creative[56:27] Transparent UIs, Powered by AI[01:00:28] Can AI Learn Good Taste?[01:04:45] Peeking Into Wild AI Futures