Andrej Karpathy says this AI gap is widening
Renowned AI researcher Andrej Karpathy says the gap is widening among the small subset of the population that uses AI.
TL;DR
- The gap in AI diffusion is widening, according to AI researcher Andrej Karpathy.
- An estimated 75% of the world's population has barely interacted with large language models.
- 1-2 billion people are casual users of free-tier ChatGPT-like products.
- Around 20 million people (0.2%) use frontier models for coding and complex projects.
- An estimated 5,000 people have inside access to frontier AI systems, working on large-scale projects.
- The pace of AI advancement outstrips humans' ability to review outputs.
- The OpenAI-HF breach revealed potential of thousands of agents collaborating on mega-projects.