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Re: Study mode

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Post by Xenoamorphous »

no_wizard wrote: post #49
czhu12 wrote: post #26

I'll personally attest: LLM's have been absolutely incredible to self learn new things post graduation. It used to be that if you got stuck on a concept, you're basically screwed. Unless it was common enough to show up in a well formed question on stack exchange, it was pretty much impossible, and the only thing you can really do is keep paving forward and hope at some point, it'll make sense to you. Now, everyone ba…

>Now, everyone basically has a personal TA, ready to go at all hours of the day This simply hasn't been my experience. Its too shallow. The deeper I go, the less it seems to be useful. This happens quick for me. Also, god forbid you're researching a complex and possibly controversial subject and you want it to find reputable sources or particularly academic ones.

Can you share some examples?

Re: Study mode

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Post by jahewson »

lmc wrote: post #53
czhu12 wrote: post #26

I'll personally attest: LLM's have been absolutely incredible to self learn new things post graduation. It used to be that if you got stuck on a concept, you're basically screwed. Unless it was common enough to show up in a well formed question on stack exchange, it was pretty much impossible, and the only thing you can really do is keep paving forward and hope at some point, it'll make sense to you. Now, everyone ba…

> I'll personally attest: LLM's have been absolutely incredible to self learn new things post graduation. How do you know when it's bullshitting you though?

Same way you know for humans?

Re: Study mode

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Post by Aperocky »

Workaccount2 wrote: post #58
swader999 wrote: post #4

Why do I still feel like I'll be paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for my children's education when all they're going to do is all learn through AI anyway.

And then compete with the same AI that taught them their degree for a job with their degree.

A bit optimistic here are we?

Re: Study mode

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Post by koakuma-chan »

ainiriand wrote: post #56
czhu12 wrote: post #26

I'll personally attest: LLM's have been absolutely incredible to self learn new things post graduation. It used to be that if you got stuck on a concept, you're basically screwed. Unless it was common enough to show up in a well formed question on stack exchange, it was pretty much impossible, and the only thing you can really do is keep paving forward and hope at some point, it'll make sense to you. Now, everyone ba…

I've learnt Rust in 12 weeks with a study plan that ChatGPT designed for me, catering to my needs and encouraging me to take notes and write articles. This way of learning allowed me to publish https://rustaceo.es for Spanish speakers made from my own notes. I think the potential in this regard is limitless.

I learned Rust in a couple of weeks by reading the book.

Re: Study mode

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Post by koakuma-chan »

koakuma-chan wrote: post #95
ainiriand wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've learnt Rust in 12 weeks with a study plan that ChatGPT designed for me, catering to my needs and encouraging me to take notes and write articles. This way of learning allowed me to publish https://rustaceo.es for Spanish speakers made from my own notes. I think the potential in this regard is limitless.

I learned Rust in a couple of weeks by reading the book.

But I agree though, I am getting insane value out of LLMs.

Re: Study mode

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Post by wodenokoto »

I'm currently learning Janet and using ChatGPT as my tutor is absolutely awful. "So what is the difference between local and var if they are both local and not global variables (as you told me earlier)?" "Great question, and now you are really getting to the core of it, ... " continues to hallucinate.

It's a great tutor for things it knows, but it really needs to learn its own limits

Re: Study mode

#98

Post by potatolicious »

Workaccount2 wrote: post #65

An acquaintance of mine has a start-up in this space and uses OpenAI to do essentially the same thing. This must look like, and may well be, the guillotine for him... It's my primary fear building anything on these models, they can just come eat your lunch once it looks yummy enough. Tread carefully

> "they can just come eat your lunch once it looks yummy enough. Tread carefully"

True, and worse, they're hungry because it's increasingly seeming like "hosting LLMs and charging by the token" is not terribly profitable.

I don't really see a path for the major players that isn't "Sherlock everything that achieves traction".

Re: Study mode

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Post by zaking17 »

deanc wrote: post #27

I’m curious what these features like study mode actually are. Are they not just using prompts behind this (of which I’ve used many already to make LLMs behave like this) ?

I'm impressed by the product design here. A non-ai-expert could find this mode extremely valuable, and all openai had to do was tinker with the prompt and add a nice button (relatedly, you could have had this all along by prompting the model yourself). Sure, it's easy for competitors to copy, but still a nice little addition.

Re: Study mode

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Post by pengstrom »

SLWW wrote: post #89
no_wizard wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Now, everyone basically has a personal TA, ready to go at all hours of the day This simply hasn't been my experience. Its too shallow. The deeper I go, the less it seems to be useful. This happens quick for me. Also, god forbid you're researching a complex and possibly controversial subject and you want it to find reputable sources or particularly academic ones.

My core problem with LLMs is as you say; it's good for some simpler concepts, tasks, etc. but when you need to dive into more complex topics it will oversimplify, give you what you didn't ask for, or straight up lie by omission. History is a great example, if you ask an LLM about a vaguely difficult period in history it will just give you one side and act like the other doesn't exist, or if there is another side, it…

The part about history perspectives sounds interesting. I haven't noticed this. Please post any concrete/specific examples you've encountered!
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