Quoting Andrej Karpathy

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Andrej Karpathy discusses how AI-generated software is increasing demand for software, referencing Jevon's paradox.

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# A quote from Andrej Karpathy Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/9/andrej-karpathy/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/9/andrej-karpathy/) 9th June 2026 > I feel a lot of things changing as working software increasingly comes out on a tap\. The Jevon's paradox kicks in and I feel my own demand for software growing substantially\. You can ask for anything \- explainers, visualizers, dashboards, bespoke single\-use apps \(e\.g\. a full wandb that is hyper\-specific just for your project\), you can 10X your test suite, auto\-optimize code, run giant research projects with custom HTML for the results, anything\! "Free your mind" \(Matrix ref\)\. —[Andrej Karpathy](https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2064409694761054332),on Claude Fable 5

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