Gautam Kamath's caveats: models will improve, but learning has no shortcut but sweat
thegautamkamath · x · 2026-10-14
Follow-up to Gautam Kamath's critique of models as learning tools: his baseline is unbeatable thoughtful human prose, models will improve over time, and there's probably no shortcut to learning besides a lot of sweat. He stands by the view that models fall short for niche technical topics.
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