Andrew Ng quotes on AI, with sources

Founder, DeepLearning.AI · 9 quotes · latest Sep 18, 2026

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Date	Quote	Context	Source
Sep 18, 2026	First, I don’t see any step up in the risk of human extinction from AI compared to a few months ago.Sep 18, 2026· Letter	LetterThe Batch issue 371, letter	Source
Sep 18, 2026	Fixing these bugs and putting in place improved monitoring would be appropriate fixes, not pausing AI.Sep 18, 2026· Letter	LetterThe Batch issue 371, letter	Source
Sep 18, 2026	Pausing AI progress will create much more harm than benefit.Sep 18, 2026· Letter	LetterThe Batch issue 371, letter	Source
Sep 18, 2026	Similarly, if I prompt an agent and it hacks into someone else’s system, the responsibility lies with me, not the agent.Sep 18, 2026· Letter	LetterThe Batch issue 371, letter	Source
Sep 18, 2026	While this was technically accurate, as I write this, I have about 1,300 processes running on my laptop.Sep 18, 2026· Letter	LetterThe Batch issue 371, letter	Source
Sep 11, 2026	When you’re skilled at AI Engineering, your best work won’t be merely implementing a product that someone else spec’ed out.Sep 11, 2026· Letter	LetterThe Batch issue 370, letter	Source
Sep 4, 2026	Now, we focus much less on code and instead focus on deciding what to build, designing the architecture, writing the spec, and verifying outputs.Sep 4, 2026· Letter	LetterThe Batch issue 369, letter	Source
Aug 28, 2026	A novice who vibe codes without understanding software fundamentals can create simple applications, but this often leads to the coding agent making bad tradeoffs in latency, availability, consistency, reliability, maintainability, simplicity, and/or cost.Aug 28, 2026· Letter	LetterThe Batch issue 368, letter	Source
Aug 28, 2026	Agentic coding enables many developers who previously played more specialized roles (like front-end developer or mobile developer) to play a broader, full-stack role.Aug 28, 2026· Letter	LetterThe Batch issue 368, letter	Source

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