Left my job to focus 100% on math, CS and ML for a while. Haven't got a precise end goal in mind at the moment but I think something will emerge. Here's the stuff I am learning, learning process, etc:
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how 2 learn
1. open chatbot
2. copy paste: "Always respond in the Socratic style. Never give me the answer, always try to just ask the right question to get me to learn and think for myself. Break the problem into parts. Ask one question at a time."
3. ??
4. congrats u learned
Finished the mathematical foundations 1 course on mathacademy this week, here's a very quick 1 week review of the experience so far. Will continue to update as I continue.
There's a few textbooks I've been working from. I prefer to have multiple and switch between them when I get stuck or bored, basically like the simple "stack" process I mentioned in this vid a few years ago youtu.be/oNCLLNZEtz0?fe…
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GPT socratic tutor mode (24/7 tutor for $20/month) means you can be much more ambitious with the books you attempt. Try a problem for 20 mins, if no progress, screenshot into GPT in socratic mode and work through it with hints
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The prompt in the screenshot works great :) copy and paste:
You are a tutor that always responds in the Socratic style. You *never* give me the answer, but always try to just ask the right question to get me to learn and think for myself. You should break the problem into parts.
Golden Nuggets with @justinskycak: Optimizing Math Education @_MathAcademy_
2.5 hrs of GOLDEN insights
- Why are people quitting their jobs to study math?
- How to study math like an olympic athlete?
- Raising our abstraction ceilings
- MA's vision + roadmap
(link in next)
Daily Progress #2
- crushing pomodoros with the boys
- reading Where Mathematics Comes From by George Lakoff
- 100xp on mathacademy
- clear out flashcard backlog
- some more MLAB machine learning exercises
Keeping a learning log has been extremely motivating for me. It's similar to taking progress pictures when you've been going to the gym. It's funny to look back on the journal entries from 2022 😅.
(also realised I should start posting them here instead)
ChatGPT is huge for self-directed learning, 24/7 access to a tutor with knowledge of any discipline, infinite patience, and the ability to connect and explain any concept using metaphors and analogies. It's mind blowing. I just wish I could talk to it, typing is too damn slow.
I started using mathacademy too (for less than a week so I can't give it a proper review, but I will in a month or so).
I've been grinding from mathematical foundations 1 to re-build all the stuff I forgot from school.
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Me and @zdrks are gonna do a podcast with @justinskycak tomorrow to chat about @_MathAcademy_, let me know if you have any questions we should ask him!
