Deep Research: A guide to speedrun learning anything
Using AI to learn the 80/20 of high-impact skills and topics
If you haven’t already tried ChatGPT’s Deep Research, you owe it to yourself to try it out. It’s the first truly good AI agent, and it has clear applications for every field.
In this guide, we’ll explore:
Why deep research stands out
The 80/20 rule applied to learning
Learning Terraform from scratch using the rapid learning playbook
Let’s dig in!
Why deep research stands out
Googling or slogging through lengthy tutorials is slow and noisy. Deep research with AI (using tools like ChatGPT) offers a better way. For example, OpenAI’s deep research mode conducts multi-step web searches and makes a comprehensive report in. The model scours hundreds of sources and filters out fluff, giving you a concise, targeted summary. In short, deep research flips the 80/20 rule in your favor by extracting the 20% of information that delivers 80% of the value, prioritizing signal over noise.
You can and should use deep research as an interactive, on-demand tutor. Every report can be packed with the key facts and even cite its sources so you can verify conclusions or dig deeper on your own. This means you spend less time sorting truth from marketing fluff and more time learning what actually matters. It’s like having a personal research assistant who reads everything about a topic and then boils it down for you.
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