AI killed traditional learning

AI killed traditional learning.

You no longer need to find the person who knows what you want to learn. AI is that person. Open a chat and start asking. No friction. No intermediary. No delay. Just pure learning.

Really?

Almost.

If I need definitive answers I can trust, or proven ways to approach specific problems, I'll still look for that trusted person who knows it.

But for the rest, I turn to AI.

Why?

Because interacting with AI is an active process. It forces you to think.

AI can give you tailored answers to any question, any time, at scale. That's huge. But I don't think producing answers is AI's true power. At least not for learning.

To me, it's more about the interaction. You're not just receiving information. You have to ask questions. It's active. No question, no answer. Bad questions, bad answers. In this way of learning, questioning sits at the center.

With AI, you're not learning answers to questions you didn't ask. You're asking questions for the answers you'd like to have.

When you see AI interactions like this, AI hallucinating from time to time is no longer a problem. Because what matters are the questions. Is this question more specific than the one before? Am I starting to scope my problem with the right set of questions? Am I building the right mental model?

It's about forging your own understanding of the problem.

Maybe AI didn't kill traditional learning. But it definitely changed the game.