Learn Your Way: Reimagining Textbooks with Generative AI

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359 points FromTheArchives | 1 comments | 18 Sep 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.238s | source

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Imnimo ◴[18 Sep 25 19:05 UTC] No.45293673[source]▶

I looked at the example for computer science basics for a 7th grader interested in food. Explanations include:

"a list can be used for a recipe"

"a set can be used to list all the unique ingredients you need to buy for a week's meals"

"a map can be used for a cookbook"

"a priority queue can be used to manage orders in a busy restaurant kitchen"

"a food-pairing graph can show which ingredients taste good together"

Maybe I'm over-estimating the taste of 7th graders, but I feel like I would get sick of this really quickly.

raincole ◴[18 Sep 25 22:20 UTC] No.45295729[source]▶

> "a list can be used for a recipe"

I don't even know what it means, tbh. I feel it's going to confuse the hell out of 7th graders.

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kccqzy ◴[18 Sep 25 22:22 UTC] No.45295753[source]▶

How is that difficult to understand? A recipe is an ordered list of steps of what to do. So of course a list can be used for a recipe.

I personally prefer a serious text without bringing in unrelated concepts like food, but this is still understandable.

1. raincole ◴[19 Sep 25 03:40 UTC] No.45297726[source]▶

Uh, exactly. See how you describe the same concept:

> A recipe is an ordered list of steps of what to do

Understandable.

> a list can be used for a recipe

Not so much.

Moreover, a recipe usually at least consists of two parts, ingredients and steps.

"pierogi_recipe": { ingredients: Set<(Item, Quantity)>, steps: List<Step> }

So the analogy kinda muddies the waters.