Debates
What our guests disagree about
The archive is big enough now to put guests in conversation with each other. Each debate pairs opposing takes from two Chain of Thought episodes — with a quote from each side that links straight to the moment in the transcript.
- Will AI replace software engineers? One guest says the agent now writes the code. Another says writing code was never the job. Anush Elangovan vs Charity Majors
- Is the agentic AI boom a bubble? Spicy take versus the long view on whether agents are hype or here to stay. Kelly Vaughn vs Siva Surendira
- Do you still need an AI agent framework? Two framework founders, opposite reads: is the agent stack the moat, or did the abstractions commoditize? João Moura vs Jerry Liu