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I wish there was software that reads an article and spits out a tl;Dr. I don't have patience to read a narrative, give me the info In any case, this was worth

I wish there was software that reads an article and spits out a tl;Dr. I don't have patience to read a narrative, give me the info In any case, this was worth the read. Its really counterintuitive that loose rocks don't just get swallowed into the ocean

stolen_biscuit 4y ago
> I wish there was software that reads an article and spits out a tl;Dr. I don't have patience to read a narrative, give me the info It's really not that long and if you're genuinely interested you make an effort to read it. Not everything can be boiled simply down to a handful of sentences without losing key detail.
chiefalchemist 4y ago
I believe you can paste into into ChatGPT and it'll do that for you. I have yet to try it but I'm thinking I've seen it mentioned in vids on YT.
- varenc 4y ago
  Here's ChatGPT's summary with the query "Please summarize this article in 3-4 paragraphs: <pasted article>" ======== A group of residents in North Cove, Washington State, has developed a solution to the erosion of their coastline using piles of loose cobble. After dropping a load of rocks from the end of a road in 2016 to see what would happen, local farmer and drainage commissioner David Cottrell expanded the project to create a two-kilometer-long berm of rocks and stumps that shifts with the waves and collects sand, rebuilding the beach. The community's solution looks less like conventional structures such as sea walls and more like the dunes and berms that centuries of storms and tides build on their own, resembling the techniques many Indigenous communities use to cultivate shellfish. As climate change progresses, coastal communities worldwide are searching for solutions to combat rising sea levels. Hard barriers like sea walls and riprap often cause further erosion and are expensive to build. By contrast, building beaches back could be enough to prevent some of the catastrophic land loss that many states in the US are forecasting due to climate change, according to coastal resilience experts. North Cove's solution is influencing projects nearby and in California, Europe, and Guam, and is transforming the tools that agencies and communities can apply elsewhere. Engineers have long depended on rigid sea walls, and North Cove's berm is showing the benefits of a softer approach. The project has been successful in rebuilding the beach, and some species, including clam beds and shorebirds, have returned to the area.
  - meling 4y ago
    That’s pretty good actually. I couldn’t see any significant mistakes…
  - mkoubaa 4y ago
    That's perfect actually. I'd pay for a browser extension that does this
- zx8080 4y ago
  How do you know chatgpt does not hallucinate?

stolen_biscuit 4y ago

> I wish there was software that reads an article and spits out a tl;Dr. I don't have patience to read a narrative, give me the info It's really not that long and if you're genuinely interested you make an effort to read it. Not everything can be boiled simply down to a handful of sentences without losing key detail.

chiefalchemist 4y ago

I believe you can paste into into ChatGPT and it'll do that for you. I have yet to try it but I'm thinking I've seen it mentioned in vids on YT.

varenc 4y ago
Here's ChatGPT's summary with the query "Please summarize this article in 3-4 paragraphs: <pasted article>" ======== A group of residents in North Cove, Washington State, has developed a solution to the erosion of their coastline using piles of loose cobble. After dropping a load of rocks from the end of a road in 2016 to see what would happen, local farmer and drainage commissioner David Cottrell expanded the project to create a two-kilometer-long berm of rocks and stumps that shifts with the waves and collects sand, rebuilding the beach. The community's solution looks less like conventional structures such as sea walls and more like the dunes and berms that centuries of storms and tides build on their own, resembling the techniques many Indigenous communities use to cultivate shellfish. As climate change progresses, coastal communities worldwide are searching for solutions to combat rising sea levels. Hard barriers like sea walls and riprap often cause further erosion and are expensive to build. By contrast, building beaches back could be enough to prevent some of the catastrophic land loss that many states in the US are forecasting due to climate change, according to coastal resilience experts. North Cove's solution is influencing projects nearby and in California, Europe, and Guam, and is transforming the tools that agencies and communities can apply elsewhere. Engineers have long depended on rigid sea walls, and North Cove's berm is showing the benefits of a softer approach. The project has been successful in rebuilding the beach, and some species, including clam beds and shorebirds, have returned to the area.
- meling 4y ago
  That’s pretty good actually. I couldn’t see any significant mistakes…
- mkoubaa 4y ago
  That's perfect actually. I'd pay for a browser extension that does this
zx8080 4y ago
How do you know chatgpt does not hallucinate?