No Priors: Karpathy on Code Agents, AutoResearch (Mar 2026)

PodcastApr 18, 2026

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What happens when AI agents can design experiments, collect data, and improve — without a human in the loop? Andrej Karpathy joins Sarah Guo on the state of models, the future of engineering and education, thinking about impact on jobs, and his project AutoResearch: where agents close the loop on a piece of AI research (experimentation, training, and optimization, autonomously).

Show No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups Frequency Updated weekly Published 20 March 2026 at 13:41 UTC Length 1hr 7min Season 1 Episode 154 Rating Clean

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