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Why did Andrej Karpathy leave a comfortable free-agent life for Anthropic? To lead a new pre-training team focused on recursive self-improvement. Chamath Palihapitiya called it a new Moore's Law. Gavin Baker said the 10x annual estimate might be conservative.

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IN-VIC-TUSvor 3 Monaten

@podcast_alpha_x @chamath @karpathy @GavinSBaker what’s a comfortable life to unadulterated glory? anthropic will make history and some more

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AI | Tech | Businessvor 3 Monaten

@podcast_alpha_x @karpathy @chamath @GavinSBaker Karpathy leaving a free agent life for this means he might genuinely believes recursive self improvement is the next frontier, it's not just a job move !

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karpathy joining anthropic is the most interesting hire of 2026 and there's zero paperwork on it. private company. no form 4. no 8-K. no timestamped receipt. the entire information stack is: podcast clips and linkedin posts. chamath's "new moore's law" might be exactly right. or it might be a fundraising narrative. the filing that would tell you the difference doesn't exist.

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DealsCoinvor 3 Monaten

@podcast_alpha_x @karpathy @chamath @GavinSBaker power... that is all

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Danny Hendrixvor 3 Monaten

@podcast_alpha_x @chamath @karpathy @GavinSBaker It would be helpful to flesh out that discussion

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Cyberzk⚡🐸💎vor 3 Monaten

@podcast_alpha_x @karpathy @chamath @GavinSBaker Impressive! The ripple effects will be significant.

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@podcast_alpha_x @karpathy @chamath @GavinSBaker 🤔

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Sertwit TerGulvor 3 Monaten

@podcast_alpha_x @karpathy @chamath @GavinSBaker what is comfortable free-agent life? please explain.

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@podcast_alpha_x @karpathy @chamath @GavinSBaker Eureka shut down first. Anthropic had the chips Karpathy needed.

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