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@karpathy
Importance score: 4 • Posted: February 25, 2026 at 15:51
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Yeah, 95% of people misunderstand the tweet. I’m referring to gradient descent as a programmer (in the distributed representation space.) . In coding AI today the LLM is the programmer and in the regular “text space”. Ah well :)
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Karpathy clarifies the role of gradient descent and LLMs as programmers, correcting misconceptions with solid engagement.
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