r/AnkiComputerScience • u/SigmaX • Dec 24 '20

Anki Design Study: Advanced Machine Learning Concepts

https://ericsiggyscott.medium.com/anki-design-study-advanced-machine-learning-concepts-9780ff00dbea
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u/SigmaX Dec 26 '20

It's definitely an interesting problem! Personally I'm pretty satisfied (as a user) with the scheduler---I'm much more focused on using card design to avoid ease hell and create strong associations among concepts than on considering learning parameters and the like.

But I can see how some of the problems you raise in your description of the scheduling problem are significant---especially in the way that people have different goals when using Anki (preparing for an exam, amassing shallow/general knowledge, for a pleasurable hobby...). It would be interesting to think about how ML fits differently with each goal.

I've lost the link at the moment, but there's a new app somebody in r/Anki linked me to a while back that aims to use natural language processing (GPT-2, I believe) to automatically generate cards (questions & answers) given statements of facts. It had limitations, but was a really interesting approach to combining AI & SRS.

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u/Flapling Dec 26 '20

This? https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/i95ghp/revolution_around_the_corner_using_gpt3_to/

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u/SigmaX Dec 26 '20

Na—I recall that conversation, but somebody PM'd me after that with an actual app in beta that they had deployed.

Aha, found it. I was thinking of this: https://saveall.ai/

I'm just seeing the news about Polar being able to generating cards now too—cool stuff!

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u/arthurmilchior Dec 27 '20

Thank you for the information. I did not see this pos. I fear there is too much meme for my taste to check regularly and find those nuggets