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Learn skimming? I say this as a old person who actually had "skimming" and "scanning" (different things!) as part of my elementary reading curriculum. We even h
by LVB 2y ago
Learn skimming? I say this as a old person who actually had "skimming" and "scanning" (different things!) as part of my elementary reading curriculum. We even had to practice skimming the whole (printed) NYT in 5 minutes. This piece is seven short paragraphs. I can get the gist and tone in a few seconds. Quicker, in fact, than reading the chatgpt snoozefest.
I'll happily dump an 80 page patent or court ruling into chatgpt for a summary. But if an actual human wrote a few hundred word personal blog post, I'd rather read it.
- hu3 2y agoFair enough that's what I did previously. But I'd rather delegate mundane cognitive effort and prioritize spending it on more important uses. Come to think of it, I'll write a bookmark or Tampermonkey script to summarize pages according to my prompt. edit: Here we go! A bookmark to open a new tab asking ChatGPT to summarize current tab URL: javascript:window.open('https://chatgpt.com/?q=summarize this page in 2 paragraphs%3A %27+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href),%27_blank%27);
- rangedbarbarian 2y agoIf you think that human mind works like this, then you'll find out that those precious ideas and things you want to think about come once in a blue moon if ever. ChatGPT is going to make you even dumber than you already sound like.
- croisillon 2y agowow i never knew that was a skill, and that it could be taught in school! TIL