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> 3. Skim-read the paper to get the gist of the jargon Or, you know, you could ask ChatGPT to explain it to you... Granted the term was coined 2021>=. Even if it wasn't but the paper is less than 32k tokens... 0.6c for the answer doesn't seem all that steep. edit: grammar
This actually works! It works astoundingly well with poorly written technical manuals. Looking at you, CMake reference manual O_O. It also helps translate unix man pages from Neckbeardese into clean and modern speech. With science papers it's a bit more work. You must copy section by section into GPT4, despite the increased token limit. But sure. Here's how it can work: 1. Copy relevant sections of the paper 2. As qu…
What you get is a teacher that never tires, is infinitely patient, has infinite time, doesn't limit questions, doesn't judge you, really listens and has broad, multidisciplinary knowledge that correct-ish (for when it's needed). I've recently read somewhere that Stanford (?) has almost as many admin workers as they do students. Seems to me that this is a really bad time to be that bloated. Makes you wonder what you really spend your money on, is it worth it (yeah, I know, it's not just education that you get in return) and if you can get the same-ish effect for a lot cheaper and on your timetable.
Not that the models or field, now, are in a state that would produce a good teaching experience. I can however imagine a future not so distant that this would be possible. Recently on a whim I've asked it to produce a options trading curriculum for me. It did a wonderful job. I wouldn't trust it if I didn't know a little bit myself about the subject before but I came off really impressed.