Spaced repetition, APIs, and generative AI

Nate Meyvis reports combining spaced repetition, APIs, and generative AI in recent experiments, using an LLM (gpt-5.6-sol low) for handwriting recognition and grading ambiguous answers. Meyvis advocates constructing data models and APIs with LLM consumption in mind, using them via LLM, and taking a creative experimental approach as a user.

IMG 3289 Error: File type not supported: IMG 3289.HEIC Some of my recent experiments have combined almost every major theme of this blog: gpt-5.6-sol low , in this case to be more than good enough at handwriting recognition and grading ambiguous answers. A very short conversation has always been enough to resolve ambiguities and clear up obvious mistakes. Here as elsewhere, I don't know what the future of mass-market software will look like. There are good reasons to think it won't involve chatbots the way they look in July 2026 or command-line LLM invocations. For now, however, I'm having a lot of luck with the general approach of i constructing data models and APIs with LLM consumption in mind, ii using them via LLM, and iii taking a creative, experimental approach to them as a user. By the way, in case you're curious what my flashcards-as-worksheets look like, here is one of many sheets of paper I now have lying around: 4 https://www.natemeyvis.com/feed/ fn-4 More and more, however, the review phase effectively happens in conversation between the LLM and me, and I can quickly approve the whole batch. ↩ https://www.natemeyvis.com/feed/ fnref-1 My interviews suggest that many spaced repetition users want to do this and either don't have a way to do it or resort to hacks. ↩ https://www.natemeyvis.com/feed/ fnref-2 If this sounds interesting to you, whether for poker or anything else, please don't hesitate to write to me. ↩ https://www.natemeyvis.com/feed/ fnref-3 By the way, there are two wrong answers here: the Albanian currency is the lek I got it mixed up with Algeria , and "Reach Out I'll Be There" is by The Four Tops, not The Foundations. ↩ https://www.natemeyvis.com/feed/ fnref-4