I have been using ChatGPT pretty consistently for various summarization type of tasks for a bit.
But this weekend I tried using it to learn a technical concept I've struggled with. Previously, I could have spoken about the topic intelligently, but could not have put it to any practical use.
In a few quick prompts and < 1 hr of synthesis, I was able to get to practical knowledge to understand it enough to try and build something from scratch. And building something in another 2-3 hours.
I think this would have taken me 1-2 months of dedicate hitting my head on the wall time to learn previously.
In that moment, I had a realization similar to the author.
Basic flow of the prompt went something like:
1. Tell me about this thing that's part of the concept that I don't understand?
2. Explain this new term you threw at me? Do it in the context on an industry I understand well.
3. Explain yet another concept you mentioned in the same industry concept?
4. This sounds a lot like this other concept I know. How do these differ in practical use?
5. Write me some sample code in a language I understand very well, that does X use case the you mentioned?
6. What are these other concepts you used?
7. How can I do this new concept to do something I've implemented before.
Essentially, my knowledge of other concepts, industries and being able to draw parallels allowed me to learn much much faster.
But this weekend I tried using it to learn a technical concept I've struggled with. Previously, I could have spoken about the topic intelligently, but could not have put it to any practical use.
In a few quick prompts and < 1 hr of synthesis, I was able to get to practical knowledge to understand it enough to try and build something from scratch. And building something in another 2-3 hours.
I think this would have taken me 1-2 months of dedicate hitting my head on the wall time to learn previously.
In that moment, I had a realization similar to the author.
Basic flow of the prompt went something like:
Essentially, my knowledge of other concepts, industries and being able to draw parallels allowed me to learn much much faster.