Andrej Karpathy calls English the hottest new programming language
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy posted a quote declaring English the hottest new programming language on the social media platform X.

Karpathy signals shift to natural language
The OpenAI co-founder remarked on the future of programming in a viral post. His comment signals a shift toward natural language dominance in the AI era.
Tools enable autonomous system building
A swathe of tools now allow programmers to use AI assistants and copilots for work. These platforms let agents build systems autonomously based on simple text-based instructions.
ChatGPT preceded the recent quote
ChatGPT launched a few months prior to Karpathy's statement. Developers were already familiar with the coding capabilities of that chatbot in languages like Python and HTML.
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