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I'm an informavore, and even in my 50s, I realize there aren't enough years left to read all the non-fiction I want. For some books (non-fiction only), I want j
by maroonblazer 3y ago
I'm an informavore, and even in my 50s, I realize there aren't enough years left to read all the non-fiction I want. For some books (non-fiction only), I want just a couple double-clicks into the main points, much like a grad student skimming numerous texts to extract key points for their thesis. ChatGPT has been invaluable for this.
For instance, I began reading Susan Nieman's "Evil in Modern Thought" but found the writing style a bit tedious after just two chapters. I turned to ChatGPT for a chapter-by-chapter summary, which it provided brilliantly. I shared this with a friend who earned her PhD in the 2000s, and she was astounded. It's hard to overstate the time saved.
[EDIT]: Here's the summary from ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/share/2f3d0aca-46d3-490b-8426-5e8813510d94 https://chat.openai.com/share/2f3d0aca-46d3-490b-8426-5e8813...
- adamgordonbell 3y agoI'm impressed the chapter by chapter worked. I tried something like that and had to use a RAG like approach where I provided the text with each question, and used Claude.
- eli 3y agoYou don't worry that it will include hallucinations? Seems like it would be hard to tell if it's summarizing a chapter or inventing a chapter based on its title and context.
- maroonblazer 3y agoGiven I'd read the first two chapters, I could judge its accuracy, which was spot on. Also note that I tried to trick it at the end, asking for a chapter that didn't exist. It didn't fall for it.