Even if you find them intuitive, they produce no learning gains for anyone. Take a lin alg test, watch the 'Essence of lin alg' videos, take comparable test again. I guarantee you won't see any change even if you 'understood matrices better'. They are pure mathporn.

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apricot a minute ago | parent | next [-]

No learning gains? I teach linear algebra. I can assure you that students who watch and study the "Essence of linear algebra" videos (which I recommend on the syllabus) do better on my tests that those who don't, because they learn stuff from them.

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Jtarii an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>Take a lin alg test, watch the 'Essence of lin alg' videos, take comparable test again

Uh huh, and what if the videos make me more generally interested in the topic? How would you measure that on a test?

Your view seems needlessly pessimistic and myopic. Just because something might not increase a number on a test that doesn't make it pointless.

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gobdovan an hour ago | parent [-]

I'm actually quite optimistic, was pointing out that, at least to to me, AI slop already produces better results than big educational content creators. For something concrete, even if not classic math, I credit direct LLM interaction highly for accelerating my understanding of CPU design and compiler tech.

	▲	Jtarii an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Some people still intrinsically value listening to another human enthusiastically explain something they found interesting.

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sweetdingoes 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

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