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Karpathy argues that computing is a form of labor and that computers have eliminated many jobs by automating digital information processing previously done by people.
Andrej Karpathy · Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away · 17 Oct 2025
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“But I will say, for example, computing is labor.”
“Computing was labor.”
“Computers like a lot of jobs disappeared because computers are automating a bunch of digital information processing that you now don't need a human for.”Play from 1:26:51Report a misattribution
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