Karpathy's influence is earned scientific signal, not Kardashian-style fame
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-25
Replying to complaints that ideas only take off when Karpathy names them, ctjlewis argues his fame is fundamentally different from celebrity: he is famous because he is a kickass scientist, so his attention is a very high-signal, 'quite pure' endorsement in AI.
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