The Problem with Problems: Why LLMs Still Don’t Know What’s Interesting
A tutoring system has one deceptively simple job: give the learner the next problem. Not the hardest problem. Not the flashiest problem. Not the one that makes the model feel terribly pleased with itself after a 4,000-token monologue. The next problem: the one that keeps a student engaged, teaches the right structure, and feels worth the effort. ...