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

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.

I thought this was the difference between mindmaps (anonymous connections between things) and concept maps, where edges are directed and labeled such that (node, edge, node) triplets form propositions.

I agree concept maps are more useful but at this point I do think they deserve their own word.

A mind map is a specific type of concept map, where the edges are labeled