Generative AI in Ed-Tech 🧑‍🎓

Imagine having a teacher who is aware of your knowledge and can recommend new, interesting concepts tailored specifically for you. Completely bespoke for you.

Last night, Flash Notes (v1.2.0) has just taken a small step in this direction. You can ask it to extend any existing deck of flashcards (a note) with additional flashcards that complement the body of knowledge. You can even start a fresh note; set a title, maybe add some extra explanation in the subtitle, and then ask it to generate flashcards for it.

It's weird; it's mesmerising to watch it happen. ✨

I thought Generative AI in Ed-Tech was just a dangerous buzzword, but this combination can bring useful tools. The hard job, however, is in ensuring reliable outputs and content filtering.

NB: I'm constantly pondering about setting up a voice-based ChatGPT for my 3-year-old son. Ignoring the latency, model's inability to deal with interruptions, and speech-to-text issues for kids' pronunciation that are all solvable, my core concern is content reliability and age appropriateness.

For now, Flash Notes gives you the full power of the model, so you can ask it to generate anything. With full power comes responsibility, so it asks you to review the content. This approach means the app had to be upgraded to a 17+ rating. Bringing the rating down is a whole new epic of research into automated content filtering, LLM prompt fine-tuning, and user research.

Baby steps 🍼