Here's an AI Tool I Can Get Behind: Google LM Notebook
I've reached the point where if I see a Facebook group share an AI image, I report it to admins to be a pain in the ass, drop a snidey comment and leave the group. Okay maybe that's an exagerration, but it totally pisses me off. I'd rather my unbelievable things be real, thanks. Otherwise, where's the magic in the world? I'm also super reluctant to accept AI copywriting. It's so samey and it's clearly there to sell ads. Give me human stories, please. Human experiences.
But then, AI can be damn useful. Asking Chat GPT to summarise an article, for example, so you get the gist of it without wasting your time. Ask it to create a pros and cons list for say, growing corn or investing in stocks and it'll give you a good overview. Ask it to check spelling, create a travel guide for a city you're visiting. It's definitely a tool I use often - I just don't like it being used to supplant human creativity or pretend to be human creativity. As an educator, I also believe we should be teaching these skills so we can do them independently of AI. Otherwise, wtf happens to our brains?
Google LM's Notebook is on my list of 'hey, this is cool so far' AI tools. It really does what it says on the tin - a notebook that, well, helps you take notes about anything. It's perfect for students as you can add any sources and then ask questions of the key material or even create an audio summary in the form of a podcast conversation between two characters, a table of contents, responses to pertinent questions and so on.
So, the first thing you can do is add sources - on the left hand side. You're going to be pretty biased with only one link, so for a less biased podcast, you're going to need a few more links or articles.
If you want to check out the audio, try clicking this link. It's utterly fascinating. It sounds legit like two podcasters chatting about the HIVE blockchain. Forget ploughing through the entire Hive.io website - this presents it as a podcast so that you can listen - why, whilst you're hiving!
It's interesting that one of the things that they pick up on is 'user friendly'. The whole thing is pretty positive actually - but of course, there's bias - as I've only plugged in 'Hive.io'
This time I put in two positive articles I've written about HIVE - one about the quality of posts here and another on how Hive is more alive than the rest of the Internet here. Remember this is just an experiment - it would be great to add a variety of positive posts about how HIVE works, the user experience and so on.
What resulted is something a little more complex. If you'd like to listen to that conversation, click here.
Now, I only put these together quickly just to experiement with how it works. It'd be cool to put it to an animation or a video for youtube. But I can also see it's use in many other ways:
- Uploading medical research so you can listen to a summary
- Uploading various study guides and articles on a book for the podcast to discuss key themes
- Uploading legal documents to get a user friendly summary
And so on. It's kinda fun - and complete with banter and various intonations that mimic human speech.
Jamie, as I was experimenting with this, created his own audio podcast on LandRovers (of course), using various links. It was actually quite interesting. IN some ways, it's easy to research a topic by uploading a heap of sources and getting Google to create an audio from it so you don't have to read a heap of articles. You could do a range of topics and listen to them whilst you're gardening or driving. You do have to put up with a few errors - for example, they read '2A' as 'i i a', as that's how it looks on paper.
What's irritating is the same voices - it'd be great to select different accents or genders according to what you like.
But it's definitely worth playing around with - a really interesting tool.
I'm not ready to replace actual podcasters yet, that's for sure - but I like it.
At the moment it's still at the testing phases so it's free. Check it out.
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I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to read 200 university philosophy papers written by AI; the same thing over and over again... I wanted to break my computer screen after a while. Out of frustration because of the low-quality papers and because the university that I marked for did not have an explicit AI policy.
But with this new LM notebook thing, it is amazing and scary. I have about 10 or so published articles in journals and so on, and I fed all of my work into it. I made a podcast between the two of them on my own work. First, it was terrifying. Second, it was like a fresh breath of air that was breathed into my work. It was incredibly funny but eye-opening. As a researcher, this tech (or AI tech) is a serious help to get through other people's research, but also your own (to read your work through the "eyes" of others).
Yes!!! I had a heap of mushroom themed essays and stories I wrote that I fed into it and it was amazing to hear the AI discuss my work! And funny yes, I mean, you have to take it with a grain of salt.
I'm glad you found it useful too - it makes me want to go back to study 🤔🤣
It is really interesting how it can you joyish to study again! Same with me.
You always have to take it with a grain of salt, but it can lead to interesting ideas and concepts that you missed. If you see it as an in-time (real-time) peer with whom you can discuss your work, it can really help. (I know my supervisor sometimes take 3 to 4 weeks to reply some of my emails.)
I think I'm too old to go back to study. I am full of ennui.
Thanks for this tip!
I need to share this with my kids. It can really help to structure the notes they take for their tests.
Thank you for this tip.
I tried it and it is scary as well as exhilariting.
At Bilpcoin, we're committed to helping and supporting people, not abusing them. We're burning as many BPC tokens as we can. We ask, why doesn't anyone do anything about these bad downvotes on Hive?
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He would never survive an hour at HiveFest now 🔪🔪🔪
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On Hive a significant issue exists with automatic upvotes consistently rewarding the same individuals day in and day out
We want to address the issue of downvoting. It has caused pain to many people, and we want to make sure it doesn't happen again reply to @jacobtothe
On Hive a significant issue exists with automatic upvotes consistently rewarding the same individuals day in and day out
We hope that those who genuinely care about Hive will reconsider their actions, as continuing down this path could inadvertently harm innocent users who are unaware of these issues
lol the Marky mark keeps dreaming
There's been a notable increase in frustration and concern among many users
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Consider revising the value plan, as it's not providing significant benefits to HIVE
The Value Plan, as it stands, seems to be a one-sided relationship with the HIVE platform, where the benefits are one-way
Actions indeed speak louder than words, a fact we've all observed individuals may talk a good game, a whole lot of shit, but their actions often expose their genuine nature LOL
We consider it unwise to engage in harmful actions, even if you think you can escape the repercussions
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The Hive Police aka Hivewatchers, are the real heroes of Hive LOL, aren't they?
Feast your eyes on Hive's trending page, what a load of trash
LoL it's the Hivewatchers Hive Police, dishing out orders like a bakery LOL! Folks, do what you want with your Hive power, just as you please. And you, Hivewatchers, downvote away, but remember, judgment day's coming
Harry fam We're just here, laughing at the shenanigans on Hive! Sure, our content's getting downvoted, but hey, it's all part of the game LOL
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On Hive, there's a user who frequently burns a significant amount of Hive LOL with his own accounts
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it's so, so concerning to see Blocktrades delegating 2+ million Hive power to Buildawhale, and Buildawhale is downvoting legitimate content
We began sharing factual information following unwarranted downvotes on Hive it's all in the transactions
Upon examining our posts, you will notice they have been downvoted, and we've been labeled as scammers and spammers, which we find amusing. We consistently share new content
Once again, we ask why is our legit content being downvoted on Hive and what is the reason behind it. Hivewatchers ADM spaminator steemcleaners guiltyparties logic
We have Hive witnesses farming Hive, self-voting, operating comment farms, and self-funding projects with community resources
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Let's delve into the Builda whale farm on the Hive, Gogreenbuddy, who is also colloquially known as the Marky mark USAINVOTE UPMYVOTE IPROMOTE and 100's more if not thousands
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Downvoters we've got to ask, what's the joy in downvoting, huh? It just shows how down in the dumps you are! Remember, Themarkymark himself has been downvoted in the past
Funny seeing how much power a Hiver with mental health issues wields! And talk about support, Blocktrades is like his trusty sidekick LOL
Many question the impact of downvoting and the role of certain Top Hivers, including Themarkymark who abuses his power, many express disappointment about the lack of response from those in positions of authority NO HELP.
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I found Notebook LM a few weeks ago and took it for test drive, though I didn't do the podcast thing (yet). I fed it all my short stories and asked questions about correlation etc. - it was a bit eerie yet fascinating. Almost all my shorts have a very similar theme.
Anyhow, for now I have stopped it because I tried to find out more about their privacy. I do not want anything going to Gemini through Google Drive. I heard on a podcast theat it isn't but - do I trust that? Not really. So far I have not found anything. Do you have any insight?
I don't know..m stupidly I didn't look into the privacy thing.
I haven't tried Google LM Notebook yet, as I'm allergic to all things Google, but it sounds interesting. I'll give it a shot and see what I think. I have plenty of haiku research I can throw in there and see what it does with it.
Be interested to see what you think - haiku notes would be cool. Send me the link to the recording!
You still on Facebook? 👀
I ditched that thing in 2016 and never looked back
Yes, why wouldn't I be.? My friends and family aren't on Peakd and not is Marketplace where I can easily find cheap or free second hand goods. Until there's an alternative, yes, I still have Facebook.
If Facebook was the only thing you got out of this post, reallllyy??? Anyway here's your 🏅 medal. 🤣
The hilarious thing is that I think you tell me that achievement every time you see the word Facebook in my post 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's becoming somewhat of a joke between us by now until the day you'll post about ditching Facebook. Then I'll swap to "why have you ditched Facebook?" followed by a lengthy explanation about its advantages to modern life xDDDD
Hahaha
LM Notebook is so powerful. I hope Google doesn't abandon the project
The tech is out there now so anyone can make an app out of it I suppose
Now this I have got to check out!
I’ve given it a try and it’s impressive. I can see myself using this a lot for research and singling out tidbits of information I want to explore more in the future. I’d never use it to write articles but as an assistant, yeah, I can see it being useful.
Jamie just put in a long physics paper and it made it digestible. It's like instant podcasts for whatever you want. I mean if you need to go deeper, read the paper, but for 'notes' it's awesome
I’m going to use it for researching local history