Quoting Matt Webb

https://interconnected.org/home/2026/08/21/galactic">

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.

— https://interconnected.org/home/2026/08/21/galactic">Matt Webb, Galactic Compass 2: now with new augmented reality mode

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