Comment by Madmallard
8 hours ago
"The result is not perfect" as LLMs are
"The fact that it reflects on my own thinking during the game makes it interesting from a teaching point of view, so I thought it was worth sharing." As AI the premium sycophantic scammer does
"but for me it is a much more pleasant and memorable experience than clicking around Stockfish branches"
And SO much less effective than doing the harder, more tedious feeling work
The jury is out for the effectiveness, it's hard to debate this subject. From my cognitive background I know very well how important the generative effect is for learning. Maybe I'll add features that leverage generative/testing effect one day. Anyway, clicking on stockfish branches can be quite a passive activity too if done badly. I don't know how to do that well to be honest. My goal is often to just to understand what I missed, full stop.
For the sycophancy, I can say I did not feel that at all. When stockfish says your move suck, claude would have a hard time saying the opposite (no "you are absolutely right" when I am not).
Generative AI is really good at making you feel like you understand a lot without actually making you understand anything in-depth
Because lengthy difficult cognitively intensive labor is required for the brain to actually change its structure and connections
Very true. I like to think AI somehow optimizes for "efficient vagueness", which is bad news for our brain.
Nonetheless, as many do, I often ask AI to explain me stuff. I know it's not perfect, but it's convenient, it's a trade-off to make.