Autoresearch, Agent Loops and the Future of Work
Andre Karpathy's Auto Research project demonstrates a new work primitive: an autonomous AI loop that iteratively improves code based on a clear metric, signaling a shift where humans design research arenas rather than execute tasks.
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The core idea is that agentic loops—AI sys
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