It’s not math but I’m using AI to help study and learn DSA. I’m finding it helpful.

But yeah you need to make attempts to apply what you’re learning and answer questions on your own. You can’t simply watch problems being solved (whether by an AI or a person) and retain it.

There are ways to make it work, but it requires using it only supplementary and with strict discipline. And it will look different for a 6-year old than a 13-year old.

But think of this trick we use about turning a tricky research paper in maths/science into something more tangible by making an LLM whip up an interactive version. That works at every level of education, and it means that you can completely tailor a piece of educational material to the kid

Tiny example: one kid was introduced to fractions and found it abstract that it was both about partitioning stuff and about numbers on a number line. So while we were practicing, I had an LLM make https://fuglede.codeberg.page/broeklegeplads/ to make it more hands-on.

Obviously for the small kids, this has to be an experience guided by teachers and parents, but for bright older kids with sufficient discipline that ought to be a useful trick for enhancing education.

Of course when we were kids, we would just write such educational programs ourselves and get the same effect /and/ learn to program (before getting banned from the computer room for putting spooky /binaries/ on the computers anyway), so maybe that's better for older kids. And maybe these kids will never have to do any maths or programming because the AI overlords have taken over when they grow up.

Is this supposed to be difficult?

I never understood P vs NP until I say down with AI and just kept asking for clarification after clarification until it finally clicked.

AI, used well, isn't just 'teach me this' its 'teach me this and answer all my dumb questions until I understand it'.