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Idea hackneyed since LLM's appeared. Cool that implementation is open-source, though yt automatic captions are sometimes completely off-point, especially when p
by gloosx 2y ago
Idea hackneyed since LLM's appeared. Cool that implementation is open-source, though yt automatic captions are sometimes completely off-point, especially when people talking in the video don't have a diction of a tv show host.
I wonder if an idea found it's niche after all? Do you guys summarise you videos to short texts and that leaves you satisfied? For me video is video, I can relax, sit and watch/listen to it. With text it is different, it is a mental exercise to read and process it, so turning video into text feels like an essential downgrade. I would prefer watching at 1.5/2x speed instead of text summary if I want to finish it faster.
- nottorp 2y ago2x video speed is still a lot slower than text.
- amenhotep 2y agoIf I want to watch a video for the sake of watching a video, then no, a text summary would not at all be the same thing. But most of the time I don't want to watch a video, I just want to get information. A text summary then would be strictly superior.
- ruibiks 2y ago[dead]
- downsplat 2y ago> For me video is video, I can relax, sit and watch/listen to it. With text it is different, it is a mental exercise to read and process it, so turning video into text feels like an essential downgrade. Exact opposite for me. Reading goes at my pace, in silence. Video is much more invasive, so I avoid it except for the highest quality stuff.
- gloosx 2y agoInteresting, I was always thinking that audio/visual information is naturally much easier to consume. For instance: I can watch a video and count to 10 in my head at the same time – I will still get everything what was in that video – but with text it's a much harder task since the head is fully occupied with "narrating" the text what I'm reading, so reading in the end turns into podcast inside the head before actually get consumed.
- throwaway28531 2y agoI find it much easier to skim texts to find the information I'm looking for. I can't do that with videos unless they have clearly marked chapters. When I read about a new technology and they have a video instead of a blog post, I just close the browser. If it is useful, someone will probably post a blog on HN at some point in time
- righthand 2y ago> Idea hackneyed since LLM's appeared. It’s an idea that’s been around long before LLMs. Check out Yahoo under Marissa Mayer acquiring a news summary app. Though it is still hackneyed. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-acquires-summly-app-150829007.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-acquires-summly-app-150...