Karpathy's Autoresearch pushed my vibecoded Rust chess engine AI from "expert" to a top 50 grandmaster, a #311 chess engine. It ran over 70 experiments on its own and tried to hill climb to the top ELO score it could, landing at 2718!
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Andrej Karpathy's AutoResearch tool automatically improved a vibecoded Rust chess engine from 'expert' to top 50 grandmaster level, reaching 2718 ELO through 70+ experiments.
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This tweet shares an impressive real-world result of Andrej Karpathy's AutoResearch tool. The author, Deedy, demonstrates how AutoResearch autonomously ran over 70 experiments on his vibecoded Rust chess engine and used hill climbing optimization to achieve a 2718 ELO rating, ranking it as the #311 chess engine globally. This showcases the potential of AI-driven automated research and optimization in software development. The tweet includes a video demonstrating the engine's gameplay.
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