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

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169 points arthurtakeda | 5 comments | 20 Oct 24 20:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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simonbarker87 ◴[21 Oct 24 09:25 UTC] No.41902215[source]▶
Nice example of using AI for something but (like most “mind map” tools) the output isn’t a mind map, it’s a spider diagram.

The point of a mind map is to label the line and not the node. This helps the brain form a visual and spacial connection between ideas where the lines act as bridges to the next concept/idea.

Not faulting the creator here, looks like a solid implementation of AI making spider diagrams, good job.

30 years of people misusing mind maps and no one reading the Tony Buzan book have brought us to this point though where no one actually knows what mind maps are or why they are so powerful.

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7734128 ◴[21 Oct 24 09:41 UTC] No.41902336[source]▶
If most people are using a term "wrong", then they are using it correctly.
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1. cloudhead ◴[21 Oct 24 12:22 UTC] No.41903380[source]▶
Thank god the world doesn’t actually work this way..
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2. Mashimo ◴[21 Oct 24 12:36 UTC] No.41903500[source]▶
But it somewhat does, no? Why else would words change meaning over time?
3. lolinder ◴[21 Oct 24 13:06 UTC] No.41903753[source]▶
This is exactly how the world works.

Language does what language wants to, pedants try to fight it, pedants eventually lose. To boldly split an infinitive continues to be correct in spite of it being "wrong".

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4. royaltjames ◴[21 Oct 24 15:45 UTC] No.41905385[source]▶
Specifically this is how American English works. From composition to pronunciation. It's a beautiful mess <3
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5. lolinder ◴[21 Oct 24 17:01 UTC] No.41906077{3}[source]▶
It's how all languages work. Some languages have bodies that like to pretend they can regulate them, but it doesn't actually work.