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Ask HN: Can high school math be motivated by writing code to train and use LLMs?
Might this approach better motivate high school students to learn math and computer science?
- sandwichsphinx 2y agoOne of the most effective motivators I’ve seen is combining math and computer science with game development. Language models on their own can be a bit dry, but if you integrate them as agents in a game world alongside math-based challenges, it could be really engaging. I remember Raspberry Pi’s Educational Minecraft; using a setup like that, where you train characters to have their own personalities, could be an exciting way to teach both
- bell-cot 2y agoHow interested are the students in writing code and LLMs? How good a match is that sort of math for the required-syllabus & standardized test math that they'll be expected to know? What's your budget for computers & software that can do the code & LLM stuff?
- talldayo 2y agoHigh school math is barely motivated by practical exercises. If you made it fully abstract nobody would learn anything from the class.