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firefoxd • yesterday at 9:43 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

That's already happening. And we call it AI slop.


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bryan0 • yesterday at 11:42 PM

the key word in OP's description is "good". If AI can create videos as engaging and enlightening as 3b1b, then we hit AGI.

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gobdovan • yesterday at 9:56 PM

I tried watching 3b1b over the years, really wanted to enjoy it. But I never found the way he presents things intuitive and never got a palpable intuition that helped me with math classes or work.

I saw some clearly AI slop made videos and got much better understanding of topics, since they don't do foreshadowing for an awe-inspiring connection that we'd admire together after 15 min videos, the clankers just get to the point. Not claiming those videos are too useful either, but I did however see accelerated learning gains from asking LLMs to explain (and do Bret Victor-style small interactive demos) math and algos, something I have never experienced from any of the educational STEM Youtube channels.

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mibsl • yesterday at 9:47 PM

"good"

EDIT: And don't get me wrong, I hope it doesn't happen for a long time, ideally never. But what would his arguments be if it does?