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Tutoring company tells parents to save their money and 'use AI instead'

142 points · 233 comments · theanonymousone

vatsachak · 1790266472 · focus · HN ↗
Learning from an LLM is nearly impossible because it has no opinions on how to structure the content.
It's great at giving you the illusion that you're learning though.
If you know an outline of the material and want to structure it your own way (ex, explain attention to me using Haskell notation) it's really great. But otherwise, human notes win.
1. lurking_swe · 1790287360 · focus · HN ↗
  So you’re saying if I pointed an LLM, say GPT 5.6 Sol, at a PDF copy of a textbook and asked it questions about something i’m stuck on and don’t understand, it wouldn’t be able to teach me anything?
  learning is not a passive activity. likewise an llm can be used in a passive or active fashion.
  1. vatsachak · 1790287794 · focus · HN ↗
    Only if you already could read the pdf yourself. Otherwise you're learning without structure. Think CS undergrad vs script-kiddie

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