Karpathy: The gap in shared understanding of LLM capability is 'widening' into a sharp funnel
dejavucoder · x · 2026-10-12
Karpathy revisited his April tweet, arguing the gap in shared understanding of LLM capability is widening — no longer two groups talking past each other, but a sharp funnel. His napkin math: 6B people (75% of the population) have barely touched LLMs; 1-2B (20%) are casual, infrequent users of free-tier ChatGPT-like products; a small group of heavy users work with them deeply. These tiers live in nearly different worlds, which explains much of the conflict in AI discourse. (Thread truncated in source.)
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