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Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away
The Andrej Karpathy episode.
During this interview, Andrej explains why reinforcement learning is terrible (but everything else is much worse), why AGI will just blend into the previous ~2.5 centuries of 2% GDP growth, why self driving took so long to crack, and what he sees as the future of education.
It was a pleasure chatting with him.
Watch on YouTube; read the transcript.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) – AGI is still a decade away
(00:29:45) – LLM cognitive deficits
(00:40:05) – RL is terrible
(00:49:38) – How do humans learn?
(01:06:25) – AGI will blend into 2% GDP growth
(01:17:36) – ASI
(01:32:50) – Evolution of intelligence & culture
(01:42:55) - Why self driving took so long
(01:56:20) - Future of education
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The people around you influence what feels normal, what feels possible, and how seriously you take your own ambitions.
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down why entrepreneurs need to intentionally evaluate their environment and recognize when the people surrounding them are reinforcing standards that no longer match where they are trying to go.
You’ll learn why remaining loyal to an environment that discourages ambition can slow your growth, how temporary isolation can help protect your focus, and why surrounding yourself with higher-level operators can completely change the way you think about business and opportunity.
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