Karpathy: 99% of AI followers entered the field within the past year

Karpathy shared his mental model of the current AI boom, estimating that over 99% of people following AI entered the field within the past year, leaving long-time veterans puzzled by the shift in the discourse.

2026-10-05 ~ 2026-10-05 · 3 related posts

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