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This is horrifying. If I understood this correctly, they are being taught effectively *next token prediction* instead of reading.

The only children that will learn to read will probably be in spite of this system.



My "favorite" part was '"read" this word I have covered with a sticky note'.

You need X-ray vision like Superman to actually read that.

Scratch that, it was recorded video, so even Superman couldn't do that, you'd need a time machine in addition to the X-ray vision.


Well, I was taught using phonics, and then I wrote a paper that basically applied the idea to LLMs for constrained text generation. I'd say mission accomplished.


This is a chance, stay with me here, that humans and LLMs learn differently.




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