Real Alpha has cut 6 moments of Felix Rieseberg (Engineering manager, Anthropic) talking, from an interview on MTS published Oct 19, 2026.
What Felix Rieseberg said
AI is most valuable when it expands what people can attempt
“the part that is more exciting are the things that I couldn't do myself”
Felix Rieseberg0:59 Build for AI’s future capabilities, not today’s limits
“whatever the capabilities are today just like completely ignore them what would you do if the thing was superhuman”
Felix Rieseberg11:01 AI shifts managers from directing work to enabling it
“that skill super transferable very useful in my own hiring probably the thing I look for the most it's like this empathy”
Felix Rieseberg14:33 AI feels more meaningful when people stay involved
“the range to which you feel authorship goes up, the more you engage with the thing.”
Felix Rieseberg5:57 AI-assisted art can still reveal the maker behind it
“Like I can look at something and be like, I now know you better somehow because I looked at this.”
Felix Rieseberg16:37 Coding agents resonate as a way to accomplish new things
“I talk about it as like this is some means for you to get something done that you couldn't do before”
Felix Rieseberg23:48
The episode
MTSUse AI Like It's Already Superhuman | Felix Rieseberg
Felix Rieseberg · Engineering Manager, Anthropic
0:19of 28:31 · Oct 19
