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# Andrej Karpathy

## Profile

Andrej Karpathy (https://karpathy.ai/) is the former head of AI at Tesla and a key architect of the deep-learning revolution (formerly at OpenAI). He is widely respected as both a researcher and an educator.

## Role In The Source

Karpathy founded [[entity-org-eureka-labs]] specifically to build an 'AI-native school' aimed at raising young people who are **proficient in AI but can also exist independently of it** — see [[quote-proficient-and-independent]].

## Why His Position Matters

Karpathy is among the most credentialed AI researchers actively building education infrastructure. His framing — that proficiency and independence are a both/and, not either/or — is the philosophical north star of [[entity-nate-b-jones]]'s entire talk.

## Quote Attribution

[[quote-proficient-and-independent]]: 'You need to be proficient and also independent. Not one or the other.' (paraphrased by Nate B. Jones from Karpathy's stated Eureka Labs philosophy)