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>>mfigui+A3
Unpopular opinion… but IMO almost all of Karpathy’s fame an influence come from being an incredible educator and communicator.

Relative to his level of fame, his actual level of contribution as far as pushing forward AI, I’m not so sure about.

I deeply appreciate his educational content and I’m glad that it has led to a way for him to gain influence and sustain a career. Hopefully he’s rich enough from that that he can focus 100% on educational stuff!

>>dontre+(OP)
I think the ability to teach is a direct outcome of the ability to think and articulate ideas clearly. This is a meta skill that will make a person effective in any area of work.

I'd say that that his work on AI has been significant and his ability to teach has contributed to that greatly.