In a tweet a while ago, Mr. Karpathy shared his optimism for how AI can democratize access to knowledge and bring power to the people. Historically, major technological shifts rarely benefit individuals to the same degree as large organizations or the wealthy. Yet LLMs bring expertise cheaply and instantly. As he pointed out: even as a billionaire, you have access to the exact same model. Money cannot buy a better ChatGPT.

Mr. Karpathy is a tech figure I’ve admired for years, and I appreciate his enthusiasm and techno-optimism. In this ideal world, AI brings fire to humanity like Prometheus.

The reality, however, feels more nuanced.

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In the age of AI, do you still need to write code to reverse a binary tree?

Many legendary figures in tech have expressed their dismay at where the industry is going since the introduction of “vibe coding.” Rob Pike recently lamented that coding as a rigorous exercise is gone. And Geohot said the eternal Sloptember is here: AI slop produces sloppy software.

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