How Andrej Karpathy's public thinking about AI, its limits, human agency, and building with it has developed since 2022. Every quote links to the original. Our interpretations are labelled as ours.
Each dot is a dated public statement or piece of work, placed in one of four reading lenses. Select a dot to see his words. Pick a thread to follow one idea across the years.
Select a dot to read the statement.
Four ideas followed across time. The steps are his statements. The shaded note at the end of each is our reading, which you can check against the steps.
The chronicle is written one period at a time, from a full read of that year's posts. Later periods are still outlines.
Sources. His X posts, talks, interviews and writing. X quotes are checked word for word against an archive of his posts before each build. Talk quotes come from third-party or machine transcripts and are marked as such.
Dates. Post dates are in Beijing time (UTC+8), so a post can appear one day after its US date.
Not exhaustive. Replies, image-only posts and most long recordings have not been read. Leaving something out does not mean he never said it. Public statements show what he expressed and when, not when he privately learned it.
Not affiliated. This is an independent reading by a learner. It is not endorsed by or connected to Andrej Karpathy. Corrections are welcome.