Investor Gautam Kamath: LLMs still fail as learning tools for niche technical topics
thegautamkamath · x · 2026-10-14
Gautam Kamath argues current models are only useful for learning mainstream topics, and are more frustrating than worthwhile in niche technical domains. In a follow-up he adds caveats: his baseline is thoughtful human prose, models will improve over time, and there's probably no shortcut to learning besides a lot of sweat.
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