Comment by stingraycharles
Comment by stingraycharles 2 days ago
First of all, this is not a competition between “are LLMs better than search”.
Secondly, the article is from 2016, ChatGPT didn’t exist back then
Comment by stingraycharles 2 days ago
First of all, this is not a competition between “are LLMs better than search”.
Secondly, the article is from 2016, ChatGPT didn’t exist back then
Karpathy talking for 2 hours about how he uses LLMs:
Vibing, not firing at his ML problems.
He's doing a capability check in this video (for the general audience, which is good of course), not attacking a hard problem in ML domain.
Despite this tweet: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1964020416139448359 , I've never seen him citing an LLM helped him out in ML work.
You're free to believe whatever fantasy you wish, but as someone who frequently consults an LLM alongside other resources when thinking about complex and abstract problems, there is no way in hell that Karpathy intentionally limits his options by excluding LLMs when seeking knowledge or understanding.
If he did not believe in the capability of these models, he would be doing something else with his time.
> Continuing the journey of optimal LLM-assisted coding experience. In particular, I find that instead of narrowing in on a perfect one thing my usage is increasingly diversifying
I doubt he's letting LLM creep in to his decision-making in 2025, aside from fun side projects (vibes). We don't ever come across Karpathy going to an LLM or expressing that an LLM helped in any of his Youtube videos about building LLMs.
He's just test driving LLMs, nothing more.
Nobody's asking this core question in podcasts. "How much and how exactly are you using LLMs in your daily flow?"
I'm guessing it's like actors not wanting to watch their own movies.