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An AI Tutor Helped Harvard Students Learn More Physics in Less Time

Unguided use of ChatGPT, the Harvard scientists argue, lets students complete assignments without engaging in critical thinking.  Kestin doesn’t deliver traditional lectures. Like many physicists at Harvard, he teaches through a method called “active learning,” where students first work with peers on in-class problem sets as the lecturer gives feedback. Direct explanations or mini-lectures come [...]read moreAn AI Tutor Helped Harvard Students Learn More Physics in Less Time

How the team behind Zelda made physics feel like magic

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a phenomenal game, praised for being able to improve and iterate upon Breath of the Wild. In the weeks after the game’s release, it was written up with all sorts of breathless praise as people wondered how Nintendo managed to make a game that seemed to [...]read moreHow the team behind Zelda made physics feel like magic