@karpathy Noob question/suggestion - what would really be a paradigm shift is if the Claude we tag is the ‘Karapthy-styled-obsidian-enabled-Claude-wiki’ agent. If I can tag that super powered Claude agent in my slack channel then that would be akin to introducing my own ‘Jarvis’
@claudeai
With the help of @RealChalamet, Adidas just dropped one of the sickest World Cup commercials I’ve ever seen. Literally everyone- everyone- is in this spot. I’m so damn excited for the World Cup to start next month & this just got me even more excited. This entire spot is Cinema.
@TheCinesthetic This right here….! People seem to have forgotten Person of Interest! The story was a bit ahead of its time but it did tell us what we have only now started experiencing. Awesome cast & the writing is brilliant, shouldn’t be a surprise though considering that a Nolan was involved
@TheStingisBack 100% true, even in most polls like ‘most underrated…’, ‘name one movie you…’ it is always missing out!
It is the most underrated movie in the lists of all underrated movies of all time 😁
@arstechnica Agree 100% with you. My AI experimental arc mirrors your journey although at a much lesser scale (couple of projects over a 6 month period) but the experiences are exactly the same! Exciting time to be in this space, scary too.
Another year of rapid AI advances has created more opportunities than ever for anyone — including those just entering the field — to build software. In fact, many companies just can’t find enough skilled AI talent. Every winter holiday, I spend some time learning and building, and I hope you will too. This helps me sharpen old skills and learn new ones, and it can help you grow your career in tech.
To be skilled at building AI systems, I recommend that you:
- Take AI courses
- Practice building AI systems
- (Optionally) read research papers
Let me share why each of these is important.
I’ve heard some developers advise others to just plunge into building things without worrying about learning. This is bad advice! Unless you’re already surrounded by a community of experienced AI developers, plunging into building without understanding the foundations of AI means you’ll risk reinventing the wheel or — more likely — reinventing the wheel badly!
For example, during interviews with job candidates, I have spoken with developers who reinvented standard RAG document chunking strategies, duplicated existing evaluation techniques for Agentic AI, or ended up with messy LLM context management code. If they had taken a couple of relevant courses, they would have better understood the building blocks that already exist. They could still rebuild these blocks from scratch if they wished, or perhaps even invent something superior to existing solutions, but they would have avoided weeks of unnecessary work. So structured learning is important. Moreover, I find taking courses really fun. Rather than watching Netflix, I prefer watching a course by a knowledgeable AI instructor any day!
At the same time, taking courses alone isn’t enough. There are many lessons that you’ll gain only from hands-on practice. Learning the theory behind how an airplane works is very important to becoming a pilot, but no one has ever learned to be a pilot just by taking courses. At some point, jumping into the pilot's seat is critical! The good news is that by learning to use highly agentic coders, the process of building is the easiest it has ever been. And learning about AI building blocks might inspire you with new ideas for things to build. If I’m not feeling inspired about what projects to work on, I will usually either take courses or read research papers, and after doing this for a while, I always end up with many new ideas. Moreover, I find building really fun, and I hope you will too.
Finally, not everyone has to do this, but I find that many of the strongest candidates on the job market today at least occasionally read research papers. While I find research papers much harder to digest than courses, they contain a lot of knowledge that has not yet been translated to easier-to-understand formats. I put this much lower priority than either taking courses or practicing building, but if you have an opportunity to strengthen your ability to read papers, I urge you to do so too. I find taking courses and building to be fun, and reading papers can be more of a grind, but the flashes of insight I get from reading papers are delightful.
Have a wonderful winter holiday and a Happy New Year. In addition to learning and building, I hope you'll spend time with loved ones — that, too, is important!
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🚨 Does Your Focus Shape Reality? Science Says Observation Matters
In quantum physics, scientists have found that the very act of observing tiny particles can change how they behave. This is called the “observer effect.”It means that, at the smallest levels of nature, watching something can influence its outcome.
💡 Some thinkers and psychologists draw an inspiring comparison to everyday life.
If matter reacts to observation, could our thoughts, beliefs, and focus also affect the reality we experience?
When we choose to focus on growth instead of fear, or possibility instead of limitation, our mindset and actions naturally shift — and that can change what we attract and how we live.
🧠 Techniques like Matrix Reimprinting explore this mind-body connection.
By helping people reframe painful memories and release emotional stress, these methods aim to “reset” how the brain and body respond — promoting healing and positive change.
⚠️ However, scientists emphasize an important point:
Quantum physics doesn’t prove that our thoughts directly change physical matter like magic. The observer effect happens at subatomic scales, not in everyday objects.
Still, the lesson remains meaningful — our attention and beliefs can absolutely shape how we think, feel, and behave, and that changes our life outcomes.
🔍 Bottom line:
Focus is powerful. What we choose to see and believe helps shape the world we live in — scientifically, emotionally, and energetically.
@CinemaTweets1 Damn! I totally forgot how good this movie was and back in the day it had such a strong impact, I watched it like 4-5 times. That’s another thing about movies in the past, you can watch them multiple times and yet each time they are refreshing! Cant say that for today’s movies
How does digestion work & is it affected by microgravity?🤔
In the latest STEMonstration video, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla dishes on nutrition & how the body digests food in space.
Hungry for more? Visit https://t.co/Xto3ZTvmQj.
NISAR is set to launch next week 🚀
Here are 5 things to know about the mission that will track big and small changes across Earth’s land and ice surfaces, helping decision makers stay ahead of natural hazards: https://t.co/2JBAkDR5e0
@Rainmaker1973 Heat
Constantine
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Saving Private Ryan
Interstellar
The Godfather
Predator
If you had said “watched 3 times at least and still entertained by” then the list would have been way longer 😁