Karpathy: 99%+ of people paying attention to AI got onboarded in under a year
karpathy · x · 2026-10-05
Replying to @omarsar0, Karpathy shares his mental model of the current AI moment: 99%+ of people now paying attention to anything AI-related were onboarded in under a year.
He notes this is deeply confusing for the "AI dinosaurs" — anyone in the field pre-2026, or even pre-2012 — as the field's discourse and audience have effectively been replaced within a year. A notable observation from one of the field's most recognizable figures.
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