Andrej Karpathy
AI researcher cited as having learned assembly after following the FFmpeg account
Andrej Karpathy (AI researcher cited as having learned assembly after following the FFmpeg account) is discussed on podcasts in TMT.
Discussed in
#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the InternetLex Fridman Podcast · May 6, 2026 · 4 h 24 min
Jean-Baptiste Kempf and Kieran Kunhya explain FFmpeg, VLC, video codecs, handwritten assembly, open-source maintainer burnout and the Google security drama with Lex Fridman.