>This made me realize he is not the genius he is made out to be but instead he is a fraud/charlatan and over the years his statements on different topics have only hardened that belief.

That was Karpathy's decision [1] and, yes, I also have that perception of him.

I know this is not going to be well received because he's one of HN's pet prodigies but, objectively, it was him.

1: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2022/10/31/former...

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