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Show HN: Lathoa, a math app for kids where the AI is wrong on purpose

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Why Show HN: Lathoa, a math app for kids where the AI is wrong on purpose matters

This demonstrates a novel educational use case for LLMs (error-detection learning) and surfaces a practical constraint: getting models to fail predictably is harder than getting them to succeed, relevant to teams building LLM-based assessment or tutoring systems.

Summary

Lathoa is an educational math app for ages 10-14 that uses LLMs to intentionally generate incorrect math solutions, which students must identify and explain. The builder discusses the technical challenges of reliably making models produce wrong answers and the validation pipeline needed to ensure pedagogical soundness.

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