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Karpathy defines Software 2.0 as a paradigm where the core of programming shifts from writing code to organizing datasets, designing objective functions, and training neural networks.
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7/2/2026
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Karpathy's Epic Interview: In the Software 3.0 Era, Understanding Is Humanity's Only Moat
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