A 103-second AI-generated video depicting Andrej Karpathy’s first day at Anthropic — styled as a scene from The Office, with an AI-generated Steve Carell playing Michael Scott — went viral on May 24, accumulating over 2.1 million views within 24 hours. The clip was shared by @siddsax with the caption “Michael Scott introducing Karpathy like he just signed Wemby in free agency,” a reference to the NBA’s Wembanyama signing frenzy. Sentiment tracking showed 94% positive responses, with Theo (@t3.gg) calling it “the best AI video meme since the Harry Potter Balenciaga thing.”
The video’s rapid spread reflects both the cultural moment around Karpathy’s move to Anthropic and the maturing quality of AI video generation tools capable of producing recognizable character likenesses and coherent scene composition. Several replies called for a full Office reboot treatment of the AI industry, while a minority found the execution underwhelming.