---
title: Quoting Matt Webb
link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/21/matt-webb/
source: simon-willison
published: 2026-08-21T15:06:26Z
updated: 2026-08-21T15:06:26Z
first_seen: 2026-09-02T14:07:29.769486161Z
tags:
- matt-webb
- generative-ai
- chatgpt
- education
- ai
- llms
summary: '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, Galactic Compass 2: now with new augmented reality mode Tags: matt-webb, generative-ai, chatgpt, education, ai, llms'
content: feed
html: 2026-08-21-quoting-matt-webb.html
---

> 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)