@LearnToLivePrivate

I've had mentees come to me for help figuring out something they were really close to figuring out for themselves. All I did was to say "You are close. What do you think you should do?". I was essentially a rubber duck. And they figured it out. All they needed was the confidence. If I would have answered, I would have taken away the dopamine they got after figuring it out themselves. And that is when learning happens.

@GossiTheDog

@LearnToLivePrivate

It's not about the quality of the answer. It's about allowing you to learn *how* to learn. Sometimes the best answer to a question is to ask "What do you think is the answer?" or "do you think there's a simpler way to go about figuring this out?". A LLM will always answer, instead of allowing you to access the creative part of your brain to find an answer for yourself. Develop creative/critical thinking. Etc. And you need creativity to build new things.

@GossiTheDog

@GossiTheDog this is no different than doing excessive hand holding as a mentor. When you answer questions instead of helping the mentee to fundamentally understand the thing they're asking about, and figuring out the issue for themselves (with your help), you take away from the valuable mental process that develops critical thinking and problem solving.

And a LLM does precisely this. It answers all your questions. You get the result. You never figure out the problem for yourself.