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"It’s not rocket science or some evil magic" It sure is. If you had told people in 2019 that a computer program could summarize large topics and write cogent
by GreedClarifies 3y ago
"It’s not rocket science or some evil magic"
It sure is.
If you had told people in 2019 that a computer program could summarize large topics and write cogent output you would have been placed in the asylum.
- probably_wrong 3y agoSorry, but that's incorrect. Leaving aside the mind-blowingly large amount of research on summarization that existed in 2019, I'll say this: by then the task was so we'll understood that there were multiple tldr bots on Reddit.
- michaelt 3y agoThere's been an "AutoSummarise" tool in Microsoft Word since 2003 [1] Whats different these days is people might actually trust the tool enough to use it :) [1] https://www.officetooltips.com/word_2003/tips/getting_to_the_point_with_autosummarize.html https://www.officetooltips.com/word_2003/tips/getting_to_the...
- rvnx 3y agoIn 2013 it was already done by kids: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-acquires-summly-app-150829007.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-acquires-summly-app-150...