Andrej Karpathy — Best Videos According to Hacker News
Andrej Karpathy videos on HackerTube, ranked by how often Hacker News commenters recommended them. HN mostly shares this channel in threads about machine learning & deep learning, llms & generative ai, computer vision, speech & nlp and university lectures & courses.
- videos on HackerTube
- 7
- best all-time rank
- #5
- recommended on HN
- 2016–2026
Most recommended Andrej Karpathy videos
Each card shows the HN comment that sums it up best.
lectureThe spelled-out intro to neural networks and backpropagation: building micrograd
Andrej Karpathy
“It's especially useful because he explains the why and provides intuitive explanations instead of just talking about the what and how.”
17 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
lectureDeep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT
Andrej Karpathy
“I highly recommend Andrej Karpathy's Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT”
10 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
tutorialLet's build GPT: from scratch, in code, spelled out.
Andrej Karpathy
“the best video I have seen on the topic”
14 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
talk[1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language Models
Andrej Karpathy
“Start with his short intro to LLMs, only 1 hour long but is dense with valuable stuff”
9 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
lectureLet's build the GPT Tokenizer
Andrej Karpathy
“Worth spending 2h for the deeper understanding if you deal with LLMs.”
5 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
tutorialThe spelled-out intro to language modeling: building makemore
Andrej Karpathy
“It's long (2h), but well worth the time if anyone is curious about the technical workings of LLMs.”
2 HN recommenders · 2024
courseCS231n Winter 2016: Lecture1: Introduction and Historical Context
Andrej Karpathy
“I will suggest two brilliant courses from Stanford”
2 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
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