Google DeepMind's Mark McDonald on agentic AI vs fundamentals
In a Google for Developers India interview, Pawan Kumar (GDE) and Mark McDonald from Google DeepMind discuss whether developers should focus on core engineering fundamentals or adopt agentic AI, concluding they should explore both in parallel.
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