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Show HN: Book rewrite (reduction of 40-60%) service with LLMs
Hi, i've built this for myself, to be able to read more, in less time. It's a 40-60% reduction rewrite, not a summary. My aim was quality. Here's an example with Walden with a 53% reduction: https://file.io/tA5jmkFgCz9d
- piterrro 3y agoInteresting, why would you summarize the book, if the whole point of reading it, is reading it? A man once told me, if the book is boring to you, just leave it, no need to read it full. Not every book is interesting, turns out. The other case, if I find boring parts within the book, I just skip them myself. In the end, give the state of LLM, I would be afraid that I'll miss some interesting parts or get things that are not true. What I think LLM would be useful is excatly the thing you said its not - summary. I would love to get a summary bullet points every chapter or every few pages. That would be really useful.
- sturza 3y agoSummaries are easier to generate, but making it shorter, still having the author's voice, is more appropriate for my goals. I've tried a lot of summary iterations and it turns out i don't want to read ABOUT the text. It's still reading it, just by the time you get to 50% of the book, you could have finished it, with more details than a summary. A summary can be as short as 5-20%. My description does not capture what the output is really, check the rewrite and see if you miss anything critical.
- JamesMo 3y agoYour link does not work.
- sturza 3y agohttps://filebin.net/29yn8bqtq6cx34ii https://filebin.net/29yn8bqtq6cx34ii
- aizyuval 3y agoOn what cause does the model reduce content?
- sturza 3y agoIt's asked to rewrite following certain guidelines.
- sturza 3y agoUpdated link: https://filebin.net/29yn8bqtq6cx34ii https://filebin.net/29yn8bqtq6cx34ii
- keshavatearth 3y agoHey, what was your process for making this? Any insight on what are the things it sacrifices on?
- mdrzn 3y agoWill you share the prompt or model or setup you used?