Tesla's former AI director and one of the most-influential AI executives may not agree with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on what engineers should be doing
Tech leaders like Andrej Karpathy, Michael Truell, Sundar Pichai and Nvidia's Jensen Huang are divided on AI's role in coding. While the likes of Huang and Pichai envisions engineers coding zero percent, Karpathy emphasizes hands-on coding for complex projects, citing personal experience with Nanochat. Research also questions AI's productivity gains, suggesting a gap between AI-generated code and production-ready solutions.
Tech leaders like Andrej Karpathy, Michael Truell, Sundar Pichai and Nvidia's Jensen Huang are divided on AI's role in coding. While the likes of Huang and Pichai envisions engineers coding zero percent, Karpathy emphasizes hands-on coding for complex projects, citing personal experience with Nanochat. Research also questions AI's productivity gains, suggesting a gap between AI-generated code and production-ready solutions.
