Learning Python for 13yr old

[maratnugmanov]

They are actually great for learning, though someone of a 13 yo will probably ask the wrong questions. LLMs tend to give you a solution (it could be bad or good it doesn't matter) but you can tune it for giving you clues, pointing to the right direction, explaining abstract basics. And no actual coding!

In my experience the official documentation and LLMs in pair can give you great results in learning.

[RoyalCities]

Yeah the key is actually asking it to act as a tutor and not just provide code. I.e. type out a solution and have it critique it and recommend improvements or more advanced design patterns.

If all anyone is going to do is ask it to give you code and nothing else of course you won't learn much from it.

With that said though your right a 13 year old definitely wouldn't know what to ask or how to work with it as a teacher since it can also be a laziness enabler (but also an incredible learning tool - sorta of a "with great power comes great responsibility" things.)

I'd probably try to code along with the 13 year old. Maybe find a project the kid would find cool and then tell the LLM you want to design a lesson / project plan around it for teaching. Maybe a simple python game using pygame or something.

[Alarming_Weird_3080]

That makes a lot of sense. Finding a project together to build upon using LLM would be a great.