Conor Grennan

wrote a great post about the curse of knowledge and how not only can't you unsee/unhear/unlearn what you have seen/heard/learnt, but you also instantly assume that everyone now has the same knowledge and understanding as you, or is about to, even though you didn't have it 5 minutes ago. That definitely applies to the almost mystical (sometimes) experience of seeing AI do crazy amazing stuff. In fact, the curse of knowledge is a curse of having experienced and can be extended to any "revelation", phase transitions in how you perceive the world -from facts to emotions to faith. All becomes obvious and self-revealing once you are on the other side. Duncan Watts book, Everything is obvious (once you know the answer), tells us about how "common sense", i.e., assumed shared common concepts, is a misleading idea. Teaching is about creating the conditions for that experience to take place in your students. Seeing the Aha moment in students is a most fulfilling thing.