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by mszcz 1172 days ago
Yeah, I think education is a great use case here. Sure, the knowledge that's built into the model might be inaccurate or wrong but you can feed the model the knowledge you want to learn/processed.

What you get is a teacher that never tires, is infinitely patient, has infinite time, doesn't limit questions, doesn't judge you, really listens and has broad, multidisciplinary knowledge that correct-ish (for when it's needed). I've recently read somewhere that Stanford (?) has almost as many admin workers as they do students. Seems to me that this is a really bad time to be that bloated. Makes you wonder what you really spend your money on, is it worth it (yeah, I know, it's not just education that you get in return) and if you can get the same-ish effect for a lot cheaper and on your timetable.

Not that the models or field, now, are in a state that would produce a good teaching experience. I can however imagine a future not so distant that this would be possible. Recently on a whim I've asked it to produce a options trading curriculum for me. It did a wonderful job. I wouldn't trust it if I didn't know a little bit myself about the subject before but I came off really impressed.