Karpathy explains why AI is like a 'ghost', not an animal

Karpathy argues the common mistake is treating LLMs as animal-like intelligences with intrinsic motivation, curiosity, and emotional responsiveness. He proposes an "animals versus ghosts" framework instead, describing AI as a ghost-like system that must be understood differently from biological minds.
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