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0 pointsdragon961y ago0 comments

One of the values of doing your own research is it forces you to speak the "language" of what you're trying to do.

It's like the struggle that we've all had when learning our first programming language. If we weren't forced to wrestle with compilation errors, our brains wouldn't have adapted to the mindset that the computer will do whatever you tell it to do and only that.

There's a place for LLMs in learning, and I feel like it satisfies the same niche as pre-synthesized Medium tutorials. It's no replacement for reading documentation or finding answers for yourself though.

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theoreticalmal1y ago

This seems like a difference between learning styles. You seem to champion learning by reading. I’d argue using an LLM to build a toy or tool and learning that way is just as valid.

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0 pointsdragon961y ago0 comments

One of the values of doing your own research is it forces you to speak the "language" of what you're trying to do.

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theoreticalmal1y ago

This seems like a difference between learning styles. You seem to champion learning by reading. I’d argue using an LLM to build a toy or tool and learning that way is just as valid.

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