Andrej Karpathy

Slovakian-Canadian AI researcher (born 1986)
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Andrej Karpathy was born on October 23, 1986, in Bratislava[1][2]. He received his education at Stanford University[3]. His professional field encompasses machine learning and computer vision. He was employed at OpenAI from 2015 to 2017[4]. He subsequently worked for Tesla, Inc. between 2017 and 2022[4]. He then returned to OpenAI from 2023 to 2024[4].

Andrej Karpathy

Summary

Andrej Karpathy is a human[1]. His place of birth was Bratislava[2]. He was born on October 23, 1986[3]. He worked as a computer scientist[4] and artificial intelligence researcher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.37% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,585 views/month, #3,707 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Andrej Karpathy was born in Bratislava[2].
  • Andrej Karpathy was born on October 23, 1986[3].
  • Andrej Karpathy held citizenship in Slovakia[7].
  • Andrej Karpathy held citizenship in Canada[8].
  • Andrej Karpathy's professions included computer scientist[4].
  • Andrej Karpathy worked as an artificial intelligence researcher[5].
  • Andrej Karpathy's field of work was machine learning[9].
  • Andrej Karpathy's field of work was computer vision[10].
  • Andrej Karpathy's doctoral advisor was Fei-Fei Li[11].
  • Andrej Karpathy is recorded as male[12].
  • Andrej Karpathy's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Andrej Karpathy's family name is recorded as Karpathy[14].
  • Andrej Karpathy's given name is recorded as Andrej[15].
  • Andrej Karpathy's official website is recorded as https://karpathy.ai/[16].
  • Andrej Karpathy's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'Andrej Karpathy'}[17].
  • Andrej Karpathy's official blog URL is recorded as https://karpathy.github.io/[18].
  • Andrej Karpathy's official blog URL is recorded as https://karpathy.medium.com/[19].
  • Andrej Karpathy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+325346'}[20].
  • Andrej Karpathy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+263828'}[21].
  • Andrej Karpathy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+439352'}[22].
  • Andrej Karpathy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+106000'}[23].
  • Andrej Karpathy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+627857'}[24].
  • Andrej Karpathy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+132000'}[25].
  • Andrej Karpathy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+157000'}[26].
  • Andrej Karpathy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+196000'}[27].

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Origins and Family

Andrej Karpathy's place of birth was Bratislava[2]. He was born on October 23, 1986[3].

Education

Andrej Karpathy's doctoral advisor was Fei-Fei Li[11].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[4] and artificial intelligence researcher[5]. Fields of work include machine learning[9], an academic discipline[28] and computer vision[10], an academic discipline[29].

Why It Matters

Andrej Karpathy ranks in the top 0.37% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,585 views/month, #3,707 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

Where was Andrej Karpathy born?

Andrej Karpathy's place of birth was Bratislava[2].

What did Andrej Karpathy do for work?

Andrej Karpathy worked as computer scientist[4] and artificial intelligence researcher[5].

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  1. [2] . Živé.sk. Retrieved . zive.aktuality.sk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [3] . X account. Retrieved . twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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