YC AI Startup School keynote Software Is Changing (Again) lays out Software 3.0
Laid out Software 3.0 in the YC AI Startup School keynote Software Is Changing (Again) — the framing that LLMs are a new kind of computer, programmed in English, and the concept of an autonomy slider (partial autonomy)
Why it matters
Extends the 2017 Software 2.0 frame to natural-language programming, and proposes a human review loop, rather than full automation, as a design principle
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Officialycombinator.comhttps://www.ycombinator.com/library/MW-andrej-karpathy-software-is-changing-againAdded in Week 35, 2026 · See that week