Karpathy's viral take: engineers' biggest regret is unsaved AI conversations
bfrench · x · 2026-11-04
- A viral post (16M views) cites Andrej Karpathy: engineers' biggest regret is every AI conversation they never saved; those who started saving in 2024 will run circles around everyone in 10 years.
- Core idea: stop using AI just to write code — use it to build a second brain that remembers every article, PDF, transcript and conversation you've fed it.
- The workflow: point Claude Code at a folder, drop anything in, and it cross-links the material into a living wiki so knowledge compounds instead of leaking away.
- The poster then plugs ambient-memory products (minimiai, screenpipe, ReMyndAI), giving the thread a promotional slant, though Karpathy's point itself is widely shared.
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