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I did 98,000 Anki reviews. Anki is already dead

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Re: I did 98,000 Anki reviews. Anki is already dead

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Post by mxgrn »

For the past couple of years, I've used LLMs for helping me creating flashcards -- and loved it. Initially, I built a very simple desktop tool that would send the LLMs output to a Google spreadsheet, from where Flashcards (an iOS app, [1]) would import them as decks.

After a year or so, I wrapped it up in a Telegram bot, so I could just send a new card or phrase to it, and it would take care of translation, pronunciation, and usage examples. As I'm usually learning several languages in parallel, I also added the automatic language detection (from preselected languages).

Then I randomly found out that FSRS is better than SM2 (which Flashcards uses), and found an Elixir library that implements that. So, I decided to drop both spreadsheets and the Flashcards app, and implement the review process right in my bot.

This is how I ended up with https://lexicorn.ai -- just got my first paying subscriber (yay, I guess). The site doesn't say it, but it's 5 euros/month.

[1] https://apps.apple.com/de/app/flashcards-deluxe/id307840670

Re: I did 98,000 Anki reviews. Anki is already dead

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Post by jama211 »

BrawnyBadger53 wrote: post #73
jama211 wrote: post #27

Anki isn’t dead, it’s just LLMs might be a better tool in many ways. Not everything must be all or nothing.

I would go further to say that anki just gets an update where you can now have more dynamic context surrounding the words on cards. Just bold the target word. The same font is also something that can be easily fixed.

I’m confused from your wording, are you saying this is an update they have done or an update they should do?

Re: I did 98,000 Anki reviews. Anki is already dead

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Post by BrawnyBadger53 »

jama211 wrote: post #92
BrawnyBadger53 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would go further to say that anki just gets an update where you can now have more dynamic context surrounding the words on cards. Just bold the target word. The same font is also something that can be easily fixed.

I’m confused from your wording, are you saying this is an update they have done or an update they should do?

Update they should do

Re: I did 98,000 Anki reviews. Anki is already dead

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Post by majorchord »

chipsrafferty wrote: post #45
majorchord wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> fluent in 18 months That's a very interesting definition of fluent.

If you only surround yourself with a single language for 18 months (literally fully immersive), you can learn any language fluently without even trying. Unless you never leave your apartment.

Can != Will though. I knew someone who lived in Tokyo for 10 years and never learned any Japanese. They worked for Yahoo.
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