Andrej Karpathy
Person·1 cited sources·updated 2026-04-27
AI researcher and educator; in this wiki he appears as the author of the LLM Wiki gist that defines the meta-pattern this vault demonstrates.
Who they are
Andrej Karpathy is a widely-known AI researcher and educator. In the scope of this wiki, his only role is as the author of the LLM Wiki gist — the document that defines the Karpathy LLM Wiki pattern instantiated by this vault. No private biographical detail is on file; this page exists solely to anchor the gist's authorship.
How they show up in sources
- LLM Wiki — author. The gist communicates the pattern (three layers, three operations) and intentionally leaves implementation specifics to the user and their LLM agent.
Concepts associated
- Karpathy LLM Wiki — the meta-pattern he defined.
- Self-improving substrate — the compounding property he names ("the wiki stays maintained because the cost of maintenance is near zero").
- Schema as program — his framing that the schema makes the LLM "a disciplined wiki maintainer rather than a generic chatbot."
Open questions
(none — the page's purpose is anchor-only)