7 comments

  • richard_chase 1 minute ago
    Why do I need to use this? Why can't I just use the LLMs directly to generate lectures if I want?
    • sinaatalay 0 minutes ago
      You can attempt to do it, but you'll see that it won't work. We've built the underlying "lectures as code" technology to make this work.
  • not_a_hacker123 3 minutes ago
    This is a great idea. I find LLMs to be a good teacher, though I've primarily interacted with them through text.

    I'm curious, what are the economics of producing this longer form content?

  • Saltloaf 4 minutes ago
    Love the 'videos as code' idea! Imagine quickly iterating on explanations or generating variations for different learning styles.
  • davisp 15 minutes ago
    > On correctness: LLMs may make mistakes. But these videos are code sitting in our repository, and we can maintain them. Every report and review becomes a fix in the source, and everyone who watches after that gets the corrected lecture. Every recorded lecture on the internet is stuck with its mistakes. Ours will continuously improve.

    Models change. Models are unpredictable. The assumption that we can constrain them between prompt bumpers has not been proven and seems unlikely to be provable given how these model works.

    Beyond that, how do you know if the reports and reviews are even correct? Are you just gonna rely on the kindness of others to provide that value? Of all things that LLM’s have killed, I’m pretty sure the open sharing of knowledge and understanding are the first on the chopping block. I don’t care whether or not you’re pro or anti LLM, publishing knowledge for reputation is now a dead end for anyone wanting to make a living.

    Wrapping others’ knowledge in a black box that may or may not accurately represent that knowledge is basically enshitification on steroids. The reason we hold folks like Lovelace, Sagan, or Feynman in high regard is because they weren’t wrong when they shared their understanding and knowledge.

    But the best of luck to everyone involved! I’m sure everything will work out!

  • jamienk 32 minutes ago
    There are misplaced verbal emphasis and non-emphasis. And unfortunately these happen at the crucial moments. Makes it very hard to follow.
    • apoogdk 15 minutes ago
      Thanks for the feedback. Emphasis is definitely important in these videos where there is no human hand to point with. We will improve this more and more in the upcoming days.
  • bananaflag 1 hour ago
    What LLMs are you using?
    • sinaatalay 57 minutes ago
      Claude Opus 5, with high thinking, generates the video in a single shot.

      The one that asks questions at the beginning is Gemini Flash 3.7.

  • zcchriti 56 minutes ago
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