AI & Technology
As AI does more, how do people understand it?
Karpathy argues that more autonomous models leave people spending more effort on supervision and understanding. He has been trying controlled language, diagrams, interactive pages and custom explanatory videos.
For prose he asks for ASD-STE100, simplified technical English originally developed for aerospace maintenance manuals, often at roughly 80% strictness. He wants less ambiguity and excess wording; this is a personal prompting practice, not an accuracy experiment.
Images help show relationships. HTML pages let readers manipulate an explanation. For complex topics he experiments with 3Blue1Brown-style videos and narration. The formats engage sight, interaction and hearing, with different uses.
Previously, custom software for a single explanation was expensive. Fast generation can make such temporary tools practical. Karpathy offers personal experience rather than a controlled learning study; easier presentation still leaves the facts in each diagram, page or video to check.
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