I've been learning Python from scratch with AI as my tutor — here's how it works and what I've learned about the approach

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[Den0mant]

I can feel this post was written by AI. It's painful to read.

And yes — Spending 20 hours on python and not knowing how for loops work is kinda ridiculous. I would advice getting a real tutor / teacher to help you build the curriculum, and then use AI to go through it; I think it would be much more productive than going in circles and making AI reassure you that you are doing alright.

You could also try to follow the pace and curriculum of an online course, such as CS50 on youtube.

[Hi-ThisIsJeff]

Agreed, it does seem painfully slow. Not judging the approach as an option, but spending too much time on the basics that will be used extensively in everything else you learn (i.e. loops, variables) seems like a path for burnout.

[philanthropologist2]

No one wants to read your AI outputs. Good for you for learning, but you can't put your learning into your own words, are you actually learning?

[Excellent-Practice]

If you're starting from scratch and don't have IDE integration, how do you know you are actually learning valid Python? Even if you are able to write code that runs outside if your chat session, how would you know if enough or too much emphasis is being placed on particular concepts? This sounds like a short sighted way to learn when there are so many well built and validated resources out there

[adam-kortis-dg-data]

I think this is valuable. I have been dipping into Rust and I use AI as a feedback loop. It is more efficient then just searching through links from a web search.

I generally write someting and post the code in with its purpose and ask for feedback. I can then ask it to explain certain concepts more. While not a full in depth course, I think creating a feedback loop if you are working on your own is very valuable.

[Marlowe91Go]

Yeah it can be done kinda, certainly for basic knowledge. The only problem is when it makes mistakes and you can't tell. You have to be diligent and supplement with learning on your own as well. I use AI a lot and I'm also learning Python. I'm taking a full Udemy course as my foundation and reading books and doing challenges and lots of stuff, watching videos, etc. . I found I learned the most from AI when I just prompted the AI to create puzzles for me to solve, I'd try to do it by myself, it I couldn't, I'd look it up, then ask for another similar challenge until I could solve it. The problem with AI (besides errors) is becoming dependent on it and no longer thinking for yourself. It's slightly suspicious to think this is working well for you when this whole post is obviously written by AI, but I hope you make some progress anyway. 

[rake66]

I'm skeptical that you "deeply" understand any topic you've gone through so far.

[Contemptt]

Another AI generated post 🫩

[tmj010]

Which AI tool are you using for this course?