AI researcher Andrej Karpathy no longer writes code; spends hours directing AI agents

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In an interview with No Priors on Friday, Karpathy said he is in a perpetual state of “AI psychosis," which refers to an intense focus on using AI tools, believing that their rapidly expanding capabilities make almost anything possible. He now spends long stretches “expressing intent” to AI systems rather than directly programming. According to Karpathy, the main bottleneck is no longer computing power but the human ability to effectively direct AI systems.