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A (good) Socratic tutor for mathematics is something I would pay for without hesitation.

passion__desire 3y ago
Hopefully one day multimodal learning models can learn directly from youtube lectures put up by John Baez [0] and be able to take students from Eli5 to EliPhD [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdXVIWgxyDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdXVIWgxyDw
- omginternets 3y ago
  One can dream :)
  - nerpderp82 3y ago
    You can extract the transcripts and have it automatically provide context on terms and supplemental reading to support the material.
- bionhoward 3y ago
  try VoxScript Plug-in and “can you explain $URL like I’m 5? then explain it like I’m a PhD”
jmfldn 3y ago
I'm excited for the interactive, educational applications of this technology. Especially for things like maths.
- visarga 3y ago
  YouTube has a real opportunity there - stop the video at any point and ask a question!
nerpderp82 3y ago
You could definitely do that now using many techniques, that would cost under $50, up to building your own RLHF for the socratic method. If this is something you and interested in and want, I would highly suggest pursuing. I use it for exploring and learning subjects all day long. With a couple of external tools, it would be 10x better and would enable less skilled users to get value out of it. You don't know what you don't know after all.
- sebzim4500 3y ago
  Honestly I don't think that GPT-4 is smart enough to be a useful tutor for anything beyond highschool maths, no matter how much finetuning/RLHF you do. I can see it being great for humanities though if you can get the hallucination rate down.
  - visarga 3y ago
    Funny, nobody thinks GPT-4 is quite there in their own field, but can readily agree it might be good enough in other fields.
    - sebzim4500 3y ago
      I don't think that's true, I'm a software engineer and I am wiling to admit that GPT-4 is useful for generating/refactoring code. If only I was allowed to use it for work :( It is not useful for working with maths proofs, except maybe if you are bad a latex.
    - nerpderp82 3y ago
      That is kinda true, it isn't an expert in anyone field, it is something of a intermediate in all fields. It will offer the most assistance outside of your domain of expertise. In your domain of expertise, it can provide a sanity check and another set of eyes.

Hopefully one day multimodal learning models can learn directly from youtube lectures put up by John Baez [0] and be able to take students from Eli5 to EliPhD [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdXVIWgxyDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdXVIWgxyDw

omginternets 3y ago
One can dream :)
- nerpderp82 3y ago
  You can extract the transcripts and have it automatically provide context on terms and supplemental reading to support the material.
bionhoward 3y ago
try VoxScript Plug-in and “can you explain $URL like I’m 5? then explain it like I’m a PhD”

jmfldn 3y ago

I'm excited for the interactive, educational applications of this technology. Especially for things like maths.

visarga 3y ago
YouTube has a real opportunity there - stop the video at any point and ask a question!

nerpderp82 3y ago

You could definitely do that now using many techniques, that would cost under $50, up to building your own RLHF for the socratic method. If this is something you and interested in and want, I would highly suggest pursuing. I use it for exploring and learning subjects all day long. With a couple of external tools, it would be 10x better and would enable less skilled users to get value out of it. You don't know what you don't know after all.

sebzim4500 3y ago
Honestly I don't think that GPT-4 is smart enough to be a useful tutor for anything beyond highschool maths, no matter how much finetuning/RLHF you do. I can see it being great for humanities though if you can get the hallucination rate down.
- visarga 3y ago
  Funny, nobody thinks GPT-4 is quite there in their own field, but can readily agree it might be good enough in other fields.
  - sebzim4500 3y ago
    I don't think that's true, I'm a software engineer and I am wiling to admit that GPT-4 is useful for generating/refactoring code. If only I was allowed to use it for work :( It is not useful for working with maths proofs, except maybe if you are bad a latex.
  - nerpderp82 3y ago
    That is kinda true, it isn't an expert in anyone field, it is something of a intermediate in all fields. It will offer the most assistance outside of your domain of expertise. In your domain of expertise, it can provide a sanity check and another set of eyes.