Quoting Matt Webb

Matt Webb, creator of Galactic Compass 2, said he used ChatGPT as an interactive tutor to learn quaternions for the app's new augmented reality mode, rather than having the AI write the code. Webb noted that outsourcing thinking to AI pushed him to learn more, a positive outcome.

After I released version 1.0, I figured I would have to do the rotations myself. So I sat down with ChatGPT and I didn’t get it to write the code, but I got it to educate me. With a patient, interactive tutor, I was able to finally do what I hadn’t by reading books and asking mathematician friends – I learnt how to use quaternions just enough to make the app work. So learning doesn’t stop just because I outsource a bunch of thinking to AI. It pushes me to learn more. I like that as an outcome. — Matt Webb https://interconnected.org/home/2026/08/21/galactic , Galactic Compass 2: now with new augmented reality mode Tags: matt-webb https://simonwillison.net/tags/matt-webb , generative-ai https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai , chatgpt https://simonwillison.net/tags/chatgpt , education https://simonwillison.net/tags/education , ai https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai , llms https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms