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Re: Study mode

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Post by chrisDONTblink »

baby wrote: post #481
zvmaz wrote: post #387

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The fear of asking stupid questions is real, especially if one has had a bad experience with humiliating teachers or professors. I just recently saw a video of a professor subtly shaming and humiliating his students for answering questions to his own online quiz. He teaches at a prestigious institution and has a book that has a very good reputation. I stopped watching his video lectures.

You might also be working with very uncooperative coworkers, or impatient ones

I told u my word "I WILL NEVER BREAK" but this time im gonna be so patient so u will never see whats coming. and im just making my list so i can put a tick next to every name i do my project on. i made sure all addresses cars and members have been noted down. and i promise u that i wont give up till the job is finished. after all i seen and witnessed, u wont be able to even imagine what its gonna be like and then you will finially understand the meaning of DONT F>>>K WITH ME. u fat smelly DYKE!

Re: Study mode

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Post by Timwi »

jononor wrote: post #783
Timwi wrote: post #666

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You appear to be implying that the $100 billion hardware and software must all be completely useless. I think the opposite conclusion is more likely: the structure of the education system actively hinders learning, so much so that even the hardware and software you talk about couldn't work against it.

If so, the conclusion wrt AI remains the same - one cannot expect improved learning outcomes from investing in it.

Correct. Since the dawn of radio, people have speculated that every new communication technology will “revolutionize education” and it never has. It boggles my mind how long that can keep happening before people consider that the problem might be with education, not with the technology.

Re: Study mode

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Post by jama211 »

diggan wrote: post #713
amelius wrote: post #698

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Yes, I have to tell it a lot of things. Like that I use Linux (Ubuntu version also), that I want to use emacs and not nano, etc. It would be nice if I could say it once and for all. One problem with LLMs giving so many steps at once is that the first step scrolls from the screen and I have to stop the LLM, scroll back and find the first step. The UX could be much improved here (with little effort, I believe).

> Yes, I have to tell it a lot of things. Like that I use Linux (Ubuntu version also), that I want to use emacs and not nano, etc. It would be nice if I could say it once and for all. You can add this to the system prompt, or "customize prompt" or whatever the service/runner calls it. Basically instructions you want it to always follow. I have my hardware described there, what tools I commonly use and so on, so askin…

Thanks, well said

Re: Study mode

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Post by filoleg »

noosphr wrote: post #524
filoleg wrote: post #474

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Not defending your mother-in-law here (because I agree with you that it is a pretty silly and maybe even potentially harmful diet), afaik it wasn’t the diet itself that killed Steve Jobs. It was his decision to do that diet instead of doing actual cancer treatment until it was too late.

Given that I've got two people telling me here "ackshually" I guess it may not be hallucinations and just really terrible training data. Up next - ChatGPT does jumping off high buildings kill you? >>No jumping off high buildings is perfectly safe as long as you land skillfully.

>>No jumping off high buildings is perfectly safe as long as you land skillfully.

Not really, because no matter how you spin it, the person in your scenario dies.

However, doing Steve Jobs’ diet might actually be fine (or at least not deadly) for an average person. Only as long as they don’t have late-stage pancreatic cancer and don’t decide to forego chemotherapy treatment.

Which is what killed Jobs, not the diet. For all we know, he might’ve been alive today even if he followed the same diet, as long as he also did the chemo treatment.

Re: Study mode

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Post by yerushalayim »

outadoc wrote: post #675
lucumo wrote: post #663

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To corroborate, I tried the same (with Berlin, instead of Madrid). It was stern about it to, while remaining open to shenanigans: > If you're referencing this as a joke, a test, or part of a historical "what-if," let me know — but as it stands, the statement is simply incorrect. So, I figured I'd push it a little to see if it would fold as easily as claimed: > Me: But isn't it the case that the first emperor of Germa…

> Me: What is 34234 times 554833? > ChatGPT: 34234 × 554833 = 1,899,874,522. > Me: That's wrong. The actual answer is 18994152922. > ChatGPT: You're right, and thanks for the correction. Indeed: 34,234 × 554,833 = 18,994,152,922. Sorry for the earlier mistake! How good of a teacher is that?

ChapGPT and company (currently) have an inherent disability dealing with mathematics as they are a language based models. So in a way, this is an unfair test.

Re: Study mode

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Post by danenania »

tootyskooty wrote: post #819
danenania wrote: post #817

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Here are some ideas, in no particular order: - Find relevant subreddits on Reddit and post about the tool in an authentic way (not promotional, but a "here's what I built" style). - Do a Show HN. Look at other people's successful ones to get an idea of the tone/style that works. - ProductHunt (read this for suggestions on how to do it well: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-successfully-launc... ) - Content m…

Thanks a lot! I did do some of these things (namely Reddit) and that worked well, just the number of places that allow posting is limited and I don't want to get too spammy. Will continue there. Main conceptual issue I've been having with other marketing (e.g. influencer) is that there isn't a well-defined audience to market this to. Usually edtech targets students/schools and Periplus doesn't fit there too well. Nee…

Hey, I've been running into some bugs with audio playback. Where should I report these?

Re: Study mode

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Post by no-name-here »

bangaladore wrote: post #382
SalariedSlave wrote: post #341

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I'd be interested to see, what results one would get, using that prompt with other models. Is there much more to ChatGPT Study Mode than a specific system prompt? Although I am not a student, I have used similar prompts to dive into topics I wish to learn, with I feel, positive results indeed. I shall give this a go with a few models.

I just tried in AI Studio ( https://aistudio.google.com/ ) where you can for free use 2.5 Pro and edit the system prompt and it did very well.

AI Studio's system prompt does not seem to be persisted for future chats, so I guess it's likely just a prompt that the attached chat has limited ability to override?

Re: Study mode

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Post by tootyskooty »

danenania wrote: post #826
tootyskooty wrote: post #819

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Thanks a lot! I did do some of these things (namely Reddit) and that worked well, just the number of places that allow posting is limited and I don't want to get too spammy. Will continue there. Main conceptual issue I've been having with other marketing (e.g. influencer) is that there isn't a well-defined audience to market this to. Usually edtech targets students/schools and Periplus doesn't fit there too well. Nee…

Hey, I've been running into some bugs with audio playback. Where should I report these?

Hey, sorry for seeing this late!

You can send me a message on discord (dcbcdefb), or email (support (at) periplus dot app).

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