| ▲ | w10-1 4 hours ago | |
Gamifying the presentation could make topics more accessible to others. For me the overhead wouldn't help with my own learning. Also I've been burned by just learning things mechanistically (e.g., coding, applying algebraic rules), so I'm leery of learning just by making flashcards or models of the topic. I find LLM's do great for learning when I ask what are the principles, how the main applications work, what are the key drawbacks, where are the growth plates in the field, etc. - the kind of thing a good advisor points to. Sometimes I have to ask it explicitly to use topological order of topics and show relations, which often highlights the gradient changes in the learning curve. For pruning, it's surprisingly good applying philosophical heuristics - Occam's razor, or Derrida's differance (the difference that makes a difference), etc. And finally, no learning is effective without problem sets, and for those LLM's at times get me over blocking issues. The degenerate case is memorizing the glib phrases regurgitated back to me; they're helpful and functional enough to get me into real trouble! | ||