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TechRadar Quote of the Day Features OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy on English as a Programming Language

TechRadar's Oct. 16, 2026 quote of the day features OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy saying, 'The hottest new programming language is English.'

AI News Feed · 2026-10-17 08:15

The item was published by TechRadar under the headline “Quote of the day by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy: ‘The hottest new programming language is English.’” No additional context for the quote was included in the text of the item. The page instead presented a biography of its contributor, Keumars Afifi-Sabet.

Afifi-Sabet is described as a freelance contributor for TechRadar and technology editor for Live Science. He has written for publications including ITPro, The Week Digital and ComputerActive. He has worked as a technology journalist for more than five years and previously held the role of features editor at ITPro.

In that previous role, according to the biography, he oversaw commissioning and publishing of long-form articles in areas including AI, cyber security, cloud computing and digital transformation. He is an NCTJ-qualified journalist who specialises in technology. His path into journalism began at university, where he immersed himself in student media while studying for a degree in biomedical sciences at Queen Mary, University of London.

After graduating, Afifi-Sabet wrote for a variety of local and national publications as a freelancer, including The Independent, The Observer and Metro. While studying for his NCTJ certification, his work was commended in the category of “Top Scoop” in the 2017 NCTJ awards. He is also registered as a foundational chartered manager with the Chartered Management Institute, having qualified as a Level 3 Team leader with distinction in 2023.

The TechRadar item did not elaborate on Karpathy’s quote or provide a transcript, argument or context beyond the headline and contributor biography.

Editor's Summary TechRadar's quote of the day for Oct. 16, 2026 attributed to OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy the line “The hottest new programming language is English.” The item provided no further context for the quote and instead carried a biography of contributor Keumars Afifi-Sabet. The biography describes Afifi-Sabet as a freelance TechRadar contributor and technology editor for Live Science with more than five years in technology journalism.