I really disliked Ai, I hate when I see you tube videos and the whole thing, from the artwork to the content are all created by Ai. The idea of whole books being written by Ai appalls me. It seems the whole point is for us to stop using our own brains and outsource them to a machine.

However recently I attended a lecture on a teaching technique called directed listening, I think this technique is mostly used in the context of music instruction, the lecture I attended was about using it to teach children songs, but it can be used in other areas. This is probably a very oversimplified explanation, but the idea is that before you have them listen to the song you ask them a question about it. The point being to have them engage their minds in searching for the answer to the question. And that way they learn the song faster. The second principle was repetition, after the first question and answer repeat the process over and over again.

Because of how well this technique worked, and it work, during the lecture the instructor was able to teach us about 6 songs. I don't remember the number exactly but it was quite a lot. Anyway because of this I was thinking about how it could be used in other contexts.

And related to this forum if it could be applied to reading. Every once and a while I try and read something that is challenging, because personal growth. Right now I'm trying a book by Nietzsche, and it hasn't happened in a while but I've been contemplating dnfing it because I think it's beyond my reading comprehension.

So I was thinking it would be nice to try this technique directed listening, or in this case directed reading, but of course I would need someone to come up with questions to ask me beforehand, and I don't have a teacher. And now enters Ai which would be perfectly able to create questions for me. So I tried it and it worked I understood the text a lot better by having something to search for and then repeating the process.

So I guess there can be a legitimate use for Ai. I'd like your thoughts on it though. Do you think the few benefits of Ai outweigh the harm it is doing to society?

Hey, hey! I've got a question for the class. For those that read multiple books at the same time, do you have a method for doing so (ie: read a chapter of each or read only one each day, etc.) or do you just go at it randomly?

I never thought I'd have this struggle, but I want to read all the things all the time and lately, even as I read/listen to one book, I find myself thinking of one or more other books. (Apparently my ADHD isn't as managed as it's been in the past! 🤣)