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I've been grinding Leetcode lately and I've discovered that AI can oftentimes give a better explanation of a solution than Leetcode does. I can also followup questions without scanning through forum posts in hope someone was as confused as I was.

I'm not asking LLMs to write code for me in this scenario -- I need to get by in interviews without AI assistance. But as a personal tutor it is turning out to be helpful.

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For language learning (as in, natural languages), I've found LLMs work very well in a similar "tutor" role.

Asking about the grammar in a sentence, for example, or how concepts relate to each other. Somehow it works really well.

How do you know the AI explanation is accurate? 'Plausible' and 'accurate' can be very different - the GPTs are built for plausibility, to say what everyone else is saying (statistically).

I cross-reference with the Leetcode editorial and some staring hard at code.

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