A Thousand Primers, Not Just One

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As I read the articles linked from this article, it occurs to me that generative AI could redo educational simulations to use characters familiar to the user. That would get us one step close to Neil Stephenson's "A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer."

Here's Stephenson from an AMA on reddit twelve years ago [1]:

Q: My ultimate goal in life is to make the Primer real. Anything you want to make sure I get right?

Neal Stephenson: Kids need to get answers from humans who love them.

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/vdt11/i_am_neal_st...

I love it, but parents and society do not want to pay for too many teachers. Therefore it is helpful to have question- answering AIs.

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