Ian Maurer 🧬
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Ian Maurer 🧬
@imaurer
CTO @GenomOncology #genomics #precisiononcology #nlp














Andrej Karpathy says when AI agents fail, it's usually a skill issue, not a capability issue You didn't write good enough instructions, didn't set up the right memory tool, or didn't parallelize correctly "the real shift is working in macro actions" One does research, one writes code, one plans, all running 20-minute tasks simultaneously



Caught up with @karpathy for a new @NoPriorsPod: on the phase shift in engineering, AI psychosis, claws, AutoResearch, the opportunity for a SETI-at-Home like movement in AI, the model landscape, and second order effects 02:55 - What Capability Limits Remain? 06:15 - What Mastery of Coding Agents Looks Like 11:16 - Second Order Effects of Coding Agents 15:51 - Why AutoResearch 22:45 - Relevant Skills in the AI Era 28:25 - Model Speciation 32:30 - Collaboration Surfaces for Humans and AI 37:28 - Analysis of Jobs Market Data 48:25 - Open vs. Closed Source Models 53:51 - Autonomous Robotics and Atoms 1:00:59 - MicroGPT and Agentic Education 1:05:40 - End Thoughts


We've reached an agreement to acquire Astral. After we close, OpenAI plans for @astral_sh to join our Codex team, with a continued focus on building great tools and advancing the shared mission of making developers more productive. openai.com/index/openai-t…













