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self-teaching

  • a word derived from teaching.
    teaching
    noun
    the act or profession of a person who teaches.

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Militaries around the world are intrigued by the potential of advanced self-teaching forms of AI, like those that underpin ChatGPT, to improve everything from logistics to battlefield analysis and combat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 25, 2026

It's a new world out there, so a lot of it has just been testing the waters and figuring things out for myself and self-teaching as well.

From Salon May 29, 2023

Despite not graduating from high school, Lapid became a successful writer and made no secret of self-teaching he needed with each new government role.

From Reuters Jun. 30, 2022

"I learned the rhythms, timing and movement primarily from watching, over and over again, and self-teaching at home until I felt confident enough to attend groups or classes and give dance a go," she says.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2021

We had told him about Joe's midnight self-teaching, and he had been much interested in the story.

From J. Cole by Emma Gellibrand