Daniel Ching(@danielchingwq):On understanding in the era of LLMs: - knowledge is easy to simulate; I just need to prompt n times to get a vague understanding of it - knowledge is much harder to internalise: can I explain <concept> in my own words? How defensible is my explanation under cross-examination?

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Daniel Ching@danielchingwq

2026.08.04 22:09

On understanding in the era of LLMs: - knowledge is easy to simulate; I just need to prompt n times to get a vague understanding of it - knowledge is much harder to internalise: can I explain in my own words? How defensible is my explanation under cross-examination?