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> frequently feed it my own notes and ask it to correct any misunderstandings, or to expand on things I don’t understand

In what fields? I’ve tried this with some simple finance and aerospace problems; it’s me, sophomore year undergrad, except someone laced everything I drank with LSD.




I find it's good at answering my questions about humanities subjects e.g. history.

Maybe it's only as good as an undergraduate, but I don't have a humanities degree, so an undergraduate is someone I can learn from.


If it’s leading you to sources, go for it. If you’re taking it point blank, consider what you’re learning. (If it isn’t pointing you to sources, ask for them.)


Technical fields.

Right now I'm going through the Dive Into Deep Learning course/textbook. Oftentimes it will gloss over a concept, or assume knowledge.

For a specific example: I wanted an expansion of why there are different loss functions and why you might choose one over another since the source material sort of plowed right through it. I got a good answer to my question without having to spend an hour reading through other materials


> it’s me sophomore year undergrad, laced with LSD

That was the deepest most insightful version of me.




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