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Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI

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169 points arthurtakeda | 2 comments | 20 Oct 24 20:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.795s | source

Enter a topic and get a learning mind map generated by an LLM with links to learn more about each subtopic.

You can use it with local models (through Ollama) or external models.

If you have any feedback, please share it! Hope it's useful

Demo: https://youtu.be/Y-9He-tG3aM

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pier25 ◴[21 Oct 24 04:54 UTC] No.41900799[source]▶
The point of making mind maps by hand is that they help you memorize and study by synthesizing a topic.

If this is done by AI it's pretty much pointless.

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1. InkCanon ◴[21 Oct 24 05:59 UTC] No.41901073[source]▶
One of the reasons I think LLMs should not be in most parts of education. There is a huge body of research about the importance of deliberate practice. High quality learning needs effort. A lot of these tools perform the ostensible ritual of learning - note taking, mind mapping, etc - and make them frictionless, thus rendering them worthless.
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2. crucialfelix ◴[21 Oct 24 06:07 UTC] No.41901118[source]▶
Exactly. If anything we should build LLM powered apps that ask questions, test understanding and create that friction necessary to build deep comprehension and memory.