SICP perspective: Agent dev is still software engineering, just at a higher level
viksit · x · 2026-08-30
The author connects AI Agent development to the metalinguistic interpreter concept from SICP. He argues that as abstraction rises from machine instructions to DSLs, Agent development now focuses on constructing environments where intent is realized naturally rather than specifying every transition. This remains software engineering, just at a higher level of abstraction (meta-engineering), shifting focus from guiding individual agents to architecting the system.
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