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2026-10-03 · 8 facts · 2 sources

Karpathy: 4 better ways to read AI output

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Stop reading walls of AI text. Karpathy has 4 better ways.[1][4][5][6]
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Tip 1: Ask for 80% ASD-STE100, the plain English made for aircraft manuals.[1][2][3]
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Tip 2: Ask for a diagram instead of text.[4]
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Tip 3: Ask for the answer in HTML.[5]
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Tip 4: Ask for an explainer video: "Create a 3b1b style video explainer on X."[6][7][8]
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You're watching tip 4 right now.[6]
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Tip 1 · our example
Ask for plain technical English
Explain this 80% of the way to ASD-STE100.
Tip 2 · our example
Ask for a diagram
Draw this as a diagram, not text.
Tip 3 · our example
Ask for a web page
Answer in HTML: one interactive page.
Tip 4 · from the source · source
Ask for an explainer video
Create a 3b1b style video explainer on X.
Use my ElevenLabs API key for audio narration

Facts

  1. Karpathy asks LLMs to explain things in ASD-STE100.
    “Ask your LLM to explain something in ASD-STE100”
    Andrej Karpathy on X: We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models · Original
  2. He softens it to 80% because the spec is strict.
    “ask for "80% of the way to ASD-STE100" because the spec is quite stringent”
    Andrej Karpathy on X: We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models · Original
  3. STE was made so aircraft maintenance documents are easier to understand.
    “The goal was to make aircraft maintenance documentation easier to understand for readers with only a basic command of English.”
    ASD-STE100 (official site): ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English · Independent
  4. Instead of text, ask for a diagram.
    “Instead of writing, ask your LLM to create a diagram.”
    Andrej Karpathy on X: We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models · Original
  5. Ask for the output in HTML to get an interactive page.
    “Ask for output "in HTML" to get a beautiful, interactive webpage.”
    Andrej Karpathy on X: We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models · Original
  6. He is most bullish on custom explainer videos on any topic.
    “The output format I am most bullish on is fully custom / bespoke explainer videos generated on any arbitrary topic.”
    Andrej Karpathy on X: We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models · Original
  7. His example prompt for an explainer video.
    “Create a 3b1b style video explainer on X. Use my ElevenLabs API key for audio narration”
    Andrej Karpathy on X: We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models · Original
  8. Without an API key, ask the LLM for free alternatives that run locally.
    “ask your LLM to find you decent free alternatives that use your local compute”
    Andrej Karpathy on X: We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models · Original

Sources

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Caption

Stop reading walls of AI text.

Sources:
• Andrej Karpathy on X: https://x.com/karpathy/status/2105819303471976479
• ASD-STE100 (official site): https://www.asd-ste100.org/
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