[kadushka]

With an LLM you need to know enough to ask

Not really. You can say "I'd like to learn about X", and get a high level overview about the topic you're interested in. Then just ask more specific questions, just like you would do when interacting with a human teacher. Try it with Claude or 4o.

[skydhash]

That seems very inefficient. And dangerous as it's well known that LLMs will hallucinate. When I want to Learn about X, I just take an introductory book, look at the table of contents and the description to know what it covers, then just read it. I then have several paths I can take to further my knowledge.

> Then just ask more specific questions, just like you would do when interacting with a human teacher

And no one interacts like that with a teacher, at least from what I know. They have a syllabus for a reason, and while they may answer an unrelated question, they expect you to master the fundamental that leads to it. If you don't they will point you to it, because the answer will be difficult to understand. It's like wanting to know how nuclear works without learning atom composition first.