Silicon Valley GirlClaude Engineering Lead: "Stop Using Claude Like It’s 2024"
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- October 20, 2026
- Duration
- 49m
- Channel
- Silicon Valley Girl
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
*📩 Your first AI agent in 20 minutes* — get the guide through my free newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/p/your-first-autonomous-agent-in-20-min-5429?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=first-agent&utm_term=felix-rieseberg 📌 Explore ask-dig by @dig.AIOffical to discover what real people are saying across social video: https://www.dig.ai/influencers-campaign?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=silicon+valley+girl&utm_campaign=influencer+campaign Felix Rieseberg has led engineering for Claude.ai, Cowork, and Claude Code Desktop at Anthropic. He thinks many of us are still giving AI tasks it has already outgrown. If you’re only asking Claude to summarize emails, what are you missing? How to hand AI bigger goals. Why “you’re an expert” isn’t enough аnd how to catch mistakes when the answers sound convincing. Felix shares how to start trusting AI with more – and stop being the bottleneck in your own company. *Timestamps:* 00:00 — You are asking too little of AI 03:04 — What Felix’s workday looks like now 05:44 — Using AI to do things you couldn’t do before 07:13 — How do you judge AI’s creative work? 12:57 — How to catch AI’s confident mistakes 17:36 — Are we overcomplicating AI agents? 22:47 — “I’m just a conveyor belt for Claude” 23:27 — Your first AI agent in 20 minutes 24:06 — Felix’s advice for getting started with Claude 25:08 — Why “you’re an expert” isn’t enough 29:39 — How to stop being your company’s bottleneck 37:34 — The gap between AI’s capabilities and how we use it 38:37 — Give Claude the goal beyond the task 39:51 — What to build and learn to stay valuable 43:24 – What children should learn in the AI age *📌 Help shape what’s next on Silicon Valley Girl!* Take our quick survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQEqUy3wiE7TlzM_haWLEcgV8eJUeSBIVaK2QjDsAVEsXm3w/viewform?usp=publish-editor *Links:* 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 𝕏 : https://x.com/siliconvalleymm 📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co
SPEAKERS
Felix Rieseberg
guestEngineering lead at Anthropic working on Claude and AI product development (previously worked on Slack).
Marina Mogilko
hostYouTuber and podcast host behind “Silicon Valley Girl,” interviewing tech leaders about startups and AI.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, featuring Felix Rieseberg and Marina Mogilko, Claude Engineering Lead: "Stop Using Claude Like It’s 2024" explores use Claude ambitiously: redesign workflows, validate outputs, avoid role-play agents Felix Rieseberg argues that many people underuse AI by treating it as a 2024-style helper for small tasks instead of pushing it toward ambitious outcomes and new capabilities.
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