Difficulty in understanding complex concepts without assistance

Signals over time

2 observed signals across 1 sources, tracked for 3 days. Confidence: low.

What people are saying Observed

• “It's not AI slop -- I wrote it and it took quite a long time to write. I did use AI assistance for some of the components and indeed you are right: I did copy paste images (that I mostly generated myself) to try to introduce the concepts in a better way although some people will always have criticisms of almost anything so I take a lot of stuff posted on forums with a grain of salt. It's good to remember behind the wires it is us humans (for he most part) trying to communicate after all and trying to help others. Hopefully the write-up did help some people get the concepts -- I tried to write it in a form that I thought would have helped me more had I had the chance of being reintroduced to imaginary numbers -- a lot of the concepts I included in the write-up were not taught to me when I initially encountered them and I wish they had been.”

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• “> all I wanted is to understand how the machine works. > [...] > If an LLM can analyze the code and explain pointer provenance to you and babysit you until you get it, there is little value in expertise. This sounds like the author wanted to understand not for the understanding itself but to get an edge. One of my strongest motivations has always been the understanding (mostly of why a thing doesn't work like it should) and I have no trouble accepting AI assisted mode of acquiring understanding because I don't care if it's worth anything to anybody that I understand. I draw pleasure from understanding. I don't build my value on understanding. I don't grieve anything. I'm elated that I have a virtual person smart enough to explain to me the things I'm interested in. Before I felt like I had too seek water in the vast desert full of dust and prickly things. Now I have plumbing and the same thirst.”

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