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Andrej Karpathy — “We’re summoning ghosts, not building animals” – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXUZvyajciY
On Dwarkesh Patel’s Podcast With Andrej Karpathy https://thezvi.substack.com/p/on-dwarkesh-patels-podcast-with-andrej
My pleasure to come on Dwarkesh last week, I thought the questions and conversation were really good. I re-watched the pod just now too. First of all, yes I know, and I’m sorry that I speak so fast :). It’s to my detriment because sometimes my speaking thread out-executes my”” / X https://x.com/karpathy/status/1979644538185752935
.@karpathy says that LLMs currently lack the cultural accumulation and self-play that propelled humans out of the savannah: Culture: > “Why can’t an LLM write a book for the other LLMs? Why can’t other LLMs read this LLM’s book and be inspired by it, or shocked by it?” Self https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/1980333945385562176
The most interesting part for me is where @karpathy describes why LLMs aren’t able to learn like humans. As you would expect, he comes up with a wonderfully evocative phrase to describe RL: “sucking supervision bits through a straw.” A single end reward gets broadcast across https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/1979259041013731752
Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/andrej-karpathy
The @karpathy interview 0:00:00 – AGI is still a decade away 0:30:33 – LLM cognitive deficits 0:40:53 – RL is terrible 0:50:26 – How do humans learn? 1:07:13 – AGI will blend into 2% GDP growth 1:18:24 – ASI 1:33:38 – Evolution of intelligence & culture 1:43:43 – Why self https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/1979234976777539987
AI resources I work on that might be useful: My NY Times bestseller, Co-Intelligence (now in 19 languages!): https://x.com/emollick/status/1980069106855584157
I wrote an updated guide on which AIs to use right now, & some tips on how to use them (and how to avoid falling into some common traps) A lot has changed since I last wrote a guide like this in the spring, and AI has gotten much more useful as a result. https://x.com/emollick/status/1979983096675029035
had a great time meeting @SenLummis today, and deeply appreciate her support for innovating on AI in America”” / X https://x.com/gdb/status/1978656091039826137
Tomorrow https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/1978885626255839419
Until recently, datacenters were able to simply repurpose the carcass left over from America’s deindustrialization. Honestly a compelling ode to capitalism. https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/1981113646836306030
