Karpathy's drill analogy distilled: 5,000 people already got entire factories
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-10-12
A reply to Karpathy condenses his analogy: everyone is drilling with hand drills, some got cordless drills, but about 5,000 people got entire factories — and while we argue whether cordless drills are useful, those 5,000 are already building teleporters, illustrating how far ahead the most capable AI users are pulling away.
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