"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.
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.