Andrej Karpathy, a top engineer formerly at OpenAI and Tesla, announced on his social media that he is launching a new school named "Eureka Labs." Karpathy stated that the school aims to implement an "instructor + AI" educational model, enhancing learning efficiency through collaborative efforts between human expert-authored course materials and AI teaching assistants.

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Karpathy explained that the school's philosophy is "instructor + AI symbiosis," where teachers will design the curriculum, and AI teaching assistants will facilitate students' learning. Imagine having a smart AI assistant in class to answer any questions and guide you through learning tasks—sounds intriguing, right?

He believes that an ideal learning experience should be guided by experts who are not only knowledgeable but also very patient. However, such experts are scarce and cannot meet the learning demands of the world's 8 billion people at all times. Yet, with generative AI, this ideal learning method seems feasible.

Karpathy predicts that if this plan succeeds, anyone can easily learn anything, significantly expanding the reach of education. Their first product is "the world's best AI course"—LLM101n, an undergraduate-level course to help students train their AI.

He also mentioned that the course content will be available online, but there will also be online and offline study groups for collaborative learning. The first course, LLM101n, aims to help students understand and train their AI. Karpathy revealed that course materials will be available online, along with digital and physical student communities to encourage collaborative learning.

Many netizens have expressed enthusiastic support for Karpathy's new initiative, praising him as a great teacher and looking forward to the significant impact Eureka Labs could have on education.

So, what will future learning look like? At Eureka Labs, learning is not just about textbook knowledge but also aided by AI. Let's look forward to this educational revolution!

Key Points:

  • 🌟 Eureka Labs will implement an "instructor + AI" collaborative education model, offering expert-authored course materials and guided learning by AI assistants.
  • 📚 The first product, "the world's best AI course" LLM101n, will help students train their AI, with plans including both online and offline courses.
  • 🌍 Karpathy hopes educational content will be freely accessible, with future sustainability achieved through course fees.