I think this is where fundamental differences in functional thought come into play. I abstract on a level where I can dwell on a subject for a few weeks and be productive. Beyond that, I get bored and lose interest to monotony. I need to spend that time unfettered. Primary school was a poor fit for me because I have excellent comprehension and self awareness. I tend to get hung up on very specific things where I need them answered right away. I need that connected flow to be unbroken as much as possible. So I find it deeply frustrating to conglomerate information. I don’t memorize anything. I need to have intuitively grounded information. I strongly believe that any subject that a person is unable to explain intuitively means they do not understand what they are talking about. Information without this intuitive connection has no long term value because it cannot be retained outside of constant use unless a person has total recall memory. I do not have such a gift so I do not care to pretend otherwise.
If I am in a class where I do not make the needed intuitive connection, no new information is useful to me. Having any entity that can get me past that challenge immediately is a priceless advantage to someone like me. I find no value in repetition. I only find value in application and across broad connecting spaces. I know that many people are very different in this respect, but also that I am not special or unique and my life and learning experience are shared by a significant and relevant part of the population. It is okay to be different. Every stereotype and simplification hurts someone. The only way to avoid hurting people as much as possible is to be liberal and withhold judgment in all possible cases. AI is a tool. Like any tool, it can be beneficial when used well and harmful in other contexts.
For instance, a base model is pretty bad at telling me what to do in emacs, but it is good at using a database to parse the help documentation to show me relevant information. Or like, when I am lonely from involuntary social isolation due to physical disability, I can spin up someone to talk to. When I am frustrated by interactions with other people, I can simulate them or discuss how I feel in depth. When I have some random idea or question I can talk about it right away. With emacs and org mode, I can turn that into markdown-like notes with gptel. It can create detailed plans and hierarchical notes and I can prompt within the tree to build out ideas and create and link documents. I don’t have to keep track of it all. I just ask the agent questions for it yo pull up the relevant buffers. As they say, org mode in emacs is like a second brain for planning and notes. With gptel, it becomes far more accessible to break through complexity both within Linux/emacs and within whatever subject one is interested in pursuing. There is much to be said about having an entity that can understand what the individual’s needs are and address them directly. I respect if you need a little bit of masochism to stay engaged. I like my share as a hardcore cyclists; no judgement. However, that learning experience is not universal to everyone. I quickly lose interest and motivation in that circumstance. I expect to understand the subject as it is explained by someone that truly understands what they are talking about. I’m really good at that kind of focused comprehension and very sensitive to poor quality educators that do not know the information they are paid to share.
It is relevant, you simply cannot handle the big picture of abstraction and your responsibility within that paradigm. No excuses.