Exactly this. While I might scratch the surface of some topics, it helps me cast a wider net of cognitive exploration in the free time I have. This in turn leads me into deeper rabbit holes for things that pique my interest, leading to faster iteration of the knowledge tree, while also providing me with a way to estimate my understanding of the topic.

The paper says that LLM usage doesn't appear to move baseline curiosity. Thanks aithrowawaycomm for https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.09315

Ridiculous that academic work on the technology of education is behind a paywall and not open access. Stinks.