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admsmz | 3 years ago
People are constantly talking about chatGPT and reinforcement learning but mathacademy is using AI to teach humans. And from my experience very effectively.
admsmz | 3 years ago
People are constantly talking about chatGPT and reinforcement learning but mathacademy is using AI to teach humans. And from my experience very effectively.
carpdiem|3 years ago
For reference, though I now work in tech, I have a physics degree from a top-10 worldwide university, and reviewing linear algebra on math academy has not only been great to re-learn things I've forgotten, I'm confident that it's taught me at least a few things that I've never encountered before.
So yeah, it's legit in my book.
I also think that one of the reasons it gets such rave reviews/etc from folks using it is that it's, frankly, not that well known yet, and we users who like it _really_ like it, so we want to see it stick around and grow further for our own use too!
nsajko|3 years ago
In addition to presenting the topics and providing exercises, MA automates some tasks that are usually left to the learner, like spaced-repetition and tracking down prerequisite topics. They have a detailed DAG of math topics connected with dependency relations that enables this. Basically automation of a lot of what a tutor would provide.
boyter|3 years ago
Very impressed with what I have seen of it so far, and the founder's of it have an impressive amount of passion and drive to deliver. You can read more about it here as covered by the washington post https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/10/16/math-aca...
alc277|3 years ago
hgsgm|3 years ago
AlchemistCamp|3 years ago
I was impressed with both the breadth of the courses and the efficiency gains from letting it do the scheduling and making sure I review topics just often enough to hold onto the skills.
I’ve previously written about MA in more length here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32923684
rychco|3 years ago
admsmz|3 years ago
Aggressively positive? Maybe. I have been a paying customer since october and very happy with the results.
julianeon|3 years ago