I doubt he's letting LLM creep in to his decision-making in 2025, aside from fun side projects (vibes). We don't ever come across Karpathy going to an LLM or expressing that an LLM helped in any of his Youtube videos about building LLMs.
He's just test driving LLMs, nothing more.
Nobody's asking this core question in podcasts. "How much and how exactly are you using LLMs in your daily flow?"
I'm guessing it's like actors not wanting to watch their own movies.
You're free to believe whatever fantasy you wish, but as someone who frequently consults an LLM alongside other resources when thinking about complex and abstract problems, there is no way in hell that Karpathy intentionally limits his options by excluding LLMs when seeking knowledge or understanding.
If he did not believe in the capability of these models, he would be doing something else with his time.
One can believe in the capability of a technology but on principle refuse to use implementations of it built on ethically flawed approaches (e.g., violating GPL licensing laws and/or copyright, thus harming open source ecosystem).
What you see as copyright violation, I see as liberation. I have open models running locally on my machine that would have felled kingdoms in the past.
> Continuing the journey of optimal LLM-assisted coding experience. In particular, I find that instead of narrowing in on a perfect one thing my usage is increasingly diversifying
He's just test driving LLMs, nothing more.
Nobody's asking this core question in podcasts. "How much and how exactly are you using LLMs in your daily flow?"
I'm guessing it's like actors not wanting to watch their own movies.