The problem with the concept of reading speed is that focusing on it as a scalar metric led to speed reading literature that recommends a bunch of habits that seem to reduce text comprehension. Optimizing for reading as fast as possible while having a sense of subjective comprehensibility doesn’t seem useful.
One corollary of the GPT-based language models is that it should now be easier to create an app that actually trains reading comprehension by autogenerating questions after reading a text.
The problem with the concept of reading speed is that focusing on it as a scalar metric led to speed reading literature that recommends a bunch of habits that seem to reduce text comprehension. Optimizing for reading as fast as possible while having a sense of subjective comprehensibility doesn’t seem useful.
One corollary of the GPT-based language models is that it should now be easier to create an app that actually trains reading comprehension by autogenerating questions after reading a text.