In my experience, some key aspects of learning are honest self-assessment (avoiding unnecessary comparisons to others) and learning to appreciate whatever you have wherever you are.
Learning music is one of the best areas to learn how to learn. When you start a new instrument or technique, you will not be good relative to experts. That's ok. You just need to focus on what you can do and build from a solid foundation. Listen closely and your weaknesses will become apparent. You can even learn to appreciate your weaknesses as they provide the opportunities for growth and development.
Unfortunately, I worry that ai tools will ultimately hinder learning as much as help (at least in the aggregate). My fear is that it will prevent people from exploring and finding their own path, passively following the track laid out by the ai. Inevitably many will compare themselves to ai and find themselves wanting instead of asking what they can do that an ai can't.
Teachers can be helpful, but you ultimately are responsible for your own education. It is one thing to follow an individual who has a proven track record, but at least at this stage, I feel like ai tools may be more pied piper than wise sage.
"My fear is that it will prevent people from exploring and finding their own path, passively following the track laid out by the ai"
My experience learning with LLM-based tools over the past ~18 months has been the opposite. The ability for me to redirect the learning path in a direction that best matches my own interests and curiosity is unparalleled. It's that ability to directly influence the learning path that makes me do optimistic about LLMs as a tool for learning.
that's been my experience, as well. yes, AI will give me the knowledge, but I still drive the conversation. if I want to dive deeper into a certain topic, or even change tracks completely, I can.
Learning music is one of the best areas to learn how to learn. When you start a new instrument or technique, you will not be good relative to experts. That's ok. You just need to focus on what you can do and build from a solid foundation. Listen closely and your weaknesses will become apparent. You can even learn to appreciate your weaknesses as they provide the opportunities for growth and development.
Unfortunately, I worry that ai tools will ultimately hinder learning as much as help (at least in the aggregate). My fear is that it will prevent people from exploring and finding their own path, passively following the track laid out by the ai. Inevitably many will compare themselves to ai and find themselves wanting instead of asking what they can do that an ai can't.
Teachers can be helpful, but you ultimately are responsible for your own education. It is one thing to follow an individual who has a proven track record, but at least at this stage, I feel like ai tools may be more pied piper than wise sage.