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I'm curious from people who use it regularly. What do you use it for? Aside from audio overviews, what does it do better for you compared to vanilla chat interf

I'm curious from people who use it regularly. What do you use it for? Aside from audio overviews, what does it do better for you compared to vanilla chat interfaces or docs integration?

ohyoutravel 1y ago
I use it to turn an arxiv paper or hacker news comment section + interesting long form OP, plus maybe other sources, into a podcast that I can listen to on my commute.
- SubiculumCode 1y ago
  Yeah, those audio overviews can be useful! The interface has a bunch of other features too, so I am hoping to hear more about those too. I'm not affiliated, just curious.
amarcheschi 1y ago
A friend uses it to create quizzes and flashcards when studying for uni
- bongodongobob 1y ago
  Any vanilla chat LLM can do this.
  - amarcheschi 1y ago
    The ui however has a 1 click button to do so, while it doesn't do that for aistudio and you need to do something more complex. I think he likes how the ui complements the llm, and I tried it these days and I agree
  - dev9n 1y ago
    NotebookLM gives you sources across powerpoints, pdfs, etc.
scarface_74 1y ago
I am a post sales consultant. Meaning I’m the first deeply technical person that a client talks to after they sign the contract that pre-sales has worked on. Pre-sales has already had a couple of meetings by the time it gets to me. I put the transcripts of their calls and the contract (statement of work) into Notebook LLM to ask the high level questions like the objectives, the challenges, priorities, risks they have already surfaced etc. That feeds into my first meeting slide deck so the client can expand upon, disagree with etc to make sure everyone is on the same page. After my set of discovery sessions, I put those transcripts into the notebook too. I can then use Notebook LLM to give me a first draft of the management style assessment report. I never expose LLM writing to the client. I have a certain style of writing and I hate AI slop. Yes this is corporate approved, we use GSuite for everything. I like the fact that everything that NotebookLM outputs has curations from the source material.
- chatmasta 1y ago
  Wait until you find out that the client who signed the contract, the lawyers who wrote it, the pre-sales who designed it, and the account executive who started it… also all used NotebookLM for their stage of the deal. (btw, it’s “NotebookLM” – one “L” – not “Notebook LLM”)
  - scarface_74 1y ago
    That’s why my kickoff meetings always involve validating what the client wants as far as business outcomes instead of blindly trusting account executives and sales. On the other hand, part of the reason I never desired to go independent is because working for a company, we do have a sales department to get clients, a legal team, and finance to chase payments. I can just concentrate on the client and the project.
    - chatmasta 1y ago
      Honestly, you’re in the bravest part of the process. We call it “professional services” but same thing… you’re the one who has to deliver on whatever was promised to the customer, which was totally outside your visibility.
hedayet 1y ago
I like the mindmap tool
picardo 1y ago
Video explainers, for me, are better than the audio overviews.
timminkov 1y ago
I use it for asking questions about a specific board games. It is INVALUABLE for learning very complex games. Instead of hunting through a rulebook trying to find an obscure rule, I just ask it and it answers, citing where it finds it.
- typpilol 1y ago
  Are you telling me Claude code or something couldn't do this easily too?
  - timminkov 1y ago
    Claude code is... 1. Not available on my phone in a friendly form (I know there's claude web) 2. Doesn't format its answers with cited links to where what I need is found in the document 3. Doesn't have a quick, easy interface where I can upload multiple resources to a single index. You have chats but it's formatted where you're meant to have a conversation. NotebookLM is centered around "chat about these resources".

I'm curious from people who use it regularly. What do you use it for? Aside from audio overviews, what does it do better for you compared to vanilla chat interfaces or docs integration?

ohyoutravel 1y ago

I use it to turn an arxiv paper or hacker news comment section + interesting long form OP, plus maybe other sources, into a podcast that I can listen to on my commute.

SubiculumCode 1y ago
Yeah, those audio overviews can be useful! The interface has a bunch of other features too, so I am hoping to hear more about those too. I'm not affiliated, just curious.

amarcheschi 1y ago

A friend uses it to create quizzes and flashcards when studying for uni

bongodongobob 1y ago
Any vanilla chat LLM can do this.
- amarcheschi 1y ago
  The ui however has a 1 click button to do so, while it doesn't do that for aistudio and you need to do something more complex. I think he likes how the ui complements the llm, and I tried it these days and I agree
- dev9n 1y ago
  NotebookLM gives you sources across powerpoints, pdfs, etc.

scarface_74 1y ago

I am a post sales consultant. Meaning I’m the first deeply technical person that a client talks to after they sign the contract that pre-sales has worked on. Pre-sales has already had a couple of meetings by the time it gets to me. I put the transcripts of their calls and the contract (statement of work) into Notebook LLM to ask the high level questions like the objectives, the challenges, priorities, risks they have already surfaced etc. That feeds into my first meeting slide deck so the client can expand upon, disagree with etc to make sure everyone is on the same page. After my set of discovery sessions, I put those transcripts into the notebook too. I can then use Notebook LLM to give me a first draft of the management style assessment report. I never expose LLM writing to the client. I have a certain style of writing and I hate AI slop. Yes this is corporate approved, we use GSuite for everything. I like the fact that everything that NotebookLM outputs has curations from the source material.

chatmasta 1y ago
Wait until you find out that the client who signed the contract, the lawyers who wrote it, the pre-sales who designed it, and the account executive who started it… also all used NotebookLM for their stage of the deal. (btw, it’s “NotebookLM” – one “L” – not “Notebook LLM”)
- scarface_74 1y ago
  That’s why my kickoff meetings always involve validating what the client wants as far as business outcomes instead of blindly trusting account executives and sales. On the other hand, part of the reason I never desired to go independent is because working for a company, we do have a sales department to get clients, a legal team, and finance to chase payments. I can just concentrate on the client and the project.
  - chatmasta 1y ago
    Honestly, you’re in the bravest part of the process. We call it “professional services” but same thing… you’re the one who has to deliver on whatever was promised to the customer, which was totally outside your visibility.

hedayet 1y ago

I like the mindmap tool

picardo 1y ago

Video explainers, for me, are better than the audio overviews.

timminkov 1y ago

I use it for asking questions about a specific board games. It is INVALUABLE for learning very complex games. Instead of hunting through a rulebook trying to find an obscure rule, I just ask it and it answers, citing where it finds it.

typpilol 1y ago
Are you telling me Claude code or something couldn't do this easily too?
- timminkov 1y ago
  Claude code is... 1. Not available on my phone in a friendly form (I know there's claude web) 2. Doesn't format its answers with cited links to where what I need is found in the document 3. Doesn't have a quick, easy interface where I can upload multiple resources to a single index. You have chats but it's formatted where you're meant to have a conversation. NotebookLM is centered around "chat about these resources".