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Relevant quote from their conclusion: > Among participants who use AI, we find a stark divide in skill formation outcomes between high-scoring interaction patt
by AstroBen 8mo ago
Relevant quote from their conclusion:
> Among participants who use AI, we
find a stark divide in skill formation outcomes between high-scoring interaction patterns (65%-86% quiz score) vs low-scoring interaction patterns (24%-39% quiz score). The high scorers only asked AI conceptual
questions instead of code generation or asked for explanations to accompany generated code; these usage patterns demonstrate a high level of cognitive engagement.
This is very much my experience. AI is incredibly useful as a personal tutor
- ambicapter 8mo agoA personal tutor who you remain skeptical of, and constantly try to disprove in order to perfect your understanding.
- epolanski 8mo agoI see it more of a replacement for Google and digging GitHub issues. It can also replace chats for 80% of questions. Not much as a tutor.
- marcosdumay 8mo agoA tutor that can guide you through jargon and give you references. If "skepticism" is even something you have to think about, you are already outside of the optimum path.
- nativeit 8mo ago“Jargon” is shorthand for people who know what they’re doing. If you’re avoiding jargon, you’re avoiding learning.
- direwolf20 8mo ago"guide you through jargon" is what the comment said
- latency-guy2 8mo agoGP is saying that the LLM of choice is not necessarily able to translate the jargon, or establishes itself to be an expert at the concept(s) to employ the jargon compatible with the user.
- marcosdumay 8mo agoI don't know what to say. You seem to be implying that the jargon if fundamentally unlearnable, and not amount of subsidiary text or help can help anybody.
- rienbdj 8mo agoYes. I love using AI for the “where do I even start” type questions. The once I’ve had a discussion about various approaches I know what docs to actually look at and I can start thinking about implementation details. I don’t find AI very useful for generating code (weird position I know).
- nottorp 8mo agoWhy weird? I share this position. The LLMs have been trained on countless introductory tutorials for most popular topics, so they will provide you with a reasonable one. Ad and friction free for now. Enjoy it while it lasts.
- pxc 8mo agoThis is also how I use LLMs at work. I have some vague worries because I'm told this is outdated, I'm falling behind, etc. I'm doing it this way in part hecause my employer is a big, old, slow company and experienting with other kinds of "AI" tools is virtually impossible. But I think it's really more my style.