On the use of LLMs for learning - the defaults are bad

The defaults are bad LLMs for learning are bad because most people use them in a "ask question - get answer" kind of way. That gets rid of a whole lot of friction - which is where learning happens. Learning is traversing the void between your current knowledge and a new problem. Shortcutting that traversal with an LLM helps you complete the next assignment, but it kneecaps your learning. You…