Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes

I like this concept, but I am concerned about copyrights. Public information might not be as big of a deal as a textbook or closed PDFs. What happens to the data after?

Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes

#5

Post by severine » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 8:50 PM UTC

Come to think of it, TikTok is like Anki for social cues.

Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes

#6

Post by AnEro » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 8:56 PM UTC

severine wrote: post #5

Come to think of it, TikTok is like Anki for social cues.

true but tiktok is anki in reverse, it learns you

Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes

#7

Post by smt88 » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 10:37 PM UTC

I 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.

Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes

#8

Post by iJohnDoe » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 11:10 PM UTC

Really cool idea! Nicely done.

Excited to give it a try.

Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes

#9

Post by wordpad25 » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 11:26 PM UTC

smt88 wrote: post #7

I 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

Re: Show HN: I built TikTok but for studying with quizzes from your own notes

#10

Post by its_down_again » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 11:29 PM UTC

Hey it's working great! Small nitpicks while I'm testing on my macbook + chrome. - It can be easy to "miss" the next card because scrolling feels really fast - I accidentally uploaded the same files twice, but can't figure out how to delete the duplicates.