Andrew Ng: prompting will be dead in 6 months, graphs take over
Aiden_Tech_Ai · x · 2026-08-29
Google Brain founder Andrew Ng said in a 2-hour Stanford lecture: "Prompting will be dead in 6 months. Graphs are what's replacing it." He argues AI agents are moving beyond simple prompts toward systems that can actually work through tasks and improve their own performance.
Per the poster, the first 10 minutes alone cover ideas most paid AI courses never teach — it's not about writing better prompts, but understanding how AI systems become more capable, autonomous and useful over time.
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