Come to think of it, TikTok is like Anki for social cues.
true but tiktok is anki in reverse, it learns you
Oh yes, completely agree, I don't even use TT, I was just thinking aloud. Locality of data matters a lot.
Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes
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Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes
#12I assume this is a generic LLM + RAG, so you can't prevent hallucinations and there's a chance (which gets better as the subject gets more complex) that the study materials will be wrong. And anyway, creating flash cards is a huge study booster by itself. It doesn't make sense to automate that step away.
Some ANKI flash card sets sell for thousands of dollars, so, clearly, there is demand
Whoa, really? I'm a big anki user (always make my own decks), and I didn't even know there was a marketplace.
Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes
#13I played with this a while after uploading one pdf chapter from the textbook I teach out of. The chapter covers text segment and stack dissection of simple C programs, as in rudimentary reverse engineering.
I was happy with many of the flash cards, but I struggle with the idea of encouraging my students to try it because I got 2 or 3 bad cards in the span of about 5 minutes. One tried to ask about an analogy in the text, but it reverse the order, butchering its meaning. One stated hat GDB would be useful for exploring logic and syntax, but not runtime, errors. And another posed a distinction without a difference, which would result in a lot of confused students and, consequently, busier office hours.
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#14What’s the purpose of quick quiz?
I answered Paris fro “ What's the capital of France?”; nothing happened afterwards. I was using mobile chrome.
Anyway, congratulations on your launch.
Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some ANKI flash card sets sell for thousands of dollars, so, clearly, there is demand
Whoa, really? I'm a big anki user (always make my own decks), and I didn't even know there was a marketplace.
These are probably flash cards older students sell that was on the teacher's test. High stakes cheating.
Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes
#16Maybe having AI generated TikTok-like people read your AI generated flash cards to you…
Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes
#17I assume this is a generic LLM + RAG, so you can't prevent hallucinations and there's a chance (which gets better as the subject gets more complex) that the study materials will be wrong. And anyway, creating flash cards is a huge study booster by itself. It doesn't make sense to automate that step away.
It makes a ton of sense. I've been doing my own custom version of this for the past year and it's a HUGE shift in studying efficiency.
- LLMs are getting better. That's a reality LLM haters need to contend with. The versions that didn't solve your one issue perfectly 2 years ago simply aren't in the rotation any longer. A major release with significant improvements is a nearly monthly occurrence. - I don't know how to convince anyone of this, but the hallucinations have literally zero impact. Not only are they rare and getting rarer, but because you can always spot a hallucination you learn to ignore them. - As someone who's a huge fan of flashcards, you're wrong that this is worse than making your own cards. Instead of spending hours and hours making cards, those hours are spent actively engaging with and absorbing more material.
I can't speak to OP's product, but with my system it's the closest thing I'm aware of to downloading information directly into the brain.
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#18What’s the purpose of quick quiz? I answered Paris fro “ What's the capital of France?”; nothing happened afterwards. I was using mobile chrome. Anyway, congratulations on your launch.
I think it’s a demo of the interface and nothing more
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#19I assume this is a generic LLM + RAG, so you can't prevent hallucinations and there's a chance (which gets better as the subject gets more complex) that the study materials will be wrong. And anyway, creating flash cards is a huge study booster by itself. It doesn't make sense to automate that step away.
It makes a ton of sense. I've been doing my own custom version of this for the past year and it's a HUGE shift in studying efficiency. - LLMs are getting better. That's a reality LLM haters need to contend with. The versions that didn't solve your one issue perfectly 2 years ago simply aren't in the rotation any longer. A major release with significant improvements is a nearly monthly occurrence. - I don't know how t…
Can you share more details about your setup, really interested in this kind of idea for some topics I'm studying right now.
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#20That's a really neat idea. Now I really need to hear them read by the AI-generated narration from TikTok.