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Learn why schema-first LLM calls need typed objects, validators, retries and explicit handling for malformed or hallucinated fields.
Y Combinator. Karpathy's AI Startup School keynote frames LLMs as a new kind of computer — utility, fab, and OS rolled together — and argues for "partial autonomy" products with a human-controlled leash. It is the cleanest articulation of the stack-level mental model the article assumes: that you are picking inference vendors and tooling for a programmable substrate, not a chatbot.
Model names, pricing and capabilities change quickly. Use this for the decision pattern, then verify current model behavior before adopting it.
Evaluate partial-autonomy product ideas where humans keep control over high-risk decisions.
None — watchable cold; it pairs well after the deep dive's training-recipe grounding.
Last reviewed: May 18, 2026
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