Karpathy Calls AI an Alien Tool

Andrej Karpathy, who used to work on AI for Tesla and OpenAI, said that AI feels like an 'alien tool' because it's so new and complex.

He shared this on X, saying that even experts don't fully understand how to use these powerful AI tools.

He feels like he's behind in understanding them, even as a programmer.

This shows how challenging it is for everyone, including experts, to keep up with the rapid advancements in AI.

He also mentioned that AI is changing the way programmers work, making them feel like they need to constantly learn new things to keep up.

The 'alien' tag might refer to the 'black box' problem, where even the developers don't fully understand how AI arrives at a specific solution.