Archive · 28 Nov 2025
Karpathy Urges Educators to Stop AI Detection
Andrej Karpathy, a famous computer scientist, says teachers should stop trying to catch students using AI for homework.
He thinks the tools that try to detect AI are broken and can't really tell if a student used AI or not.
Karpathy believes that teachers should grade homework the old-fashioned way, without relying on these detection tools.
He shared his thoughts on X, which used to be called Twitter.
Andrej Karpathy urges educators to stop using AI detection tools for homework.
He believes AI detection tools are ineffective and doomed to fail.
Karpathy suggests grading homework in the conventional manner.
He shared his views on his X (formerly Twitter) account.
Karpathy argues that students must learn to use AI effectively while still being able to operate without it.
- Who
- Andrej Karpathy, former OpenAI researcher and computer scientist
- What
- Urged educators to stop using AI detection tools and to grade homework conventionally
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- On his X (formerly Twitter) account
- Why
- Believes AI detection tools are ineffective and doomed to fail
- Andrej Karpathy
- Former OpenAI researcher and computer scientist
- AI Detection Tools
- Considered ineffective by Karpathy
- Karpathy's Stance
- AI detection is doomed to fail
- Grading Method
- Conventional grading is preferred
- Platform
- X (formerly Twitter)