Jeremy Howard: the look-it-up learning loop is exponentially more powerful with LLMs
jeremyphoward · x · 2026-09-27
Jeremy Howard amplifies a takeaway from his fastai course: when you hit something you don't understand, look it up, fill the gap, move on — no need to feel stupid. The quoted post adds that "feeling dumb" is the biggest growth bottleneck and reframing to "what prerequisite knowledge am I missing" helps. That loop is now multiplicatively more powerful with LLMs.
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