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Cox Zhang

Do you use AI to help you read information?

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There are many products to summarize long content (e.g. web pages, PDFs, YouTube videos). Do you use any of them to help you read and summarize to save time? What killer feature do you think you will pay for it?

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Chris Lindner
No, it's quite strange to delegate the task of reading to AI. It might create a disconnect at the very first stage of information absorption & understanding. If humans don't have time to read, perhaps a change in lifestyle should be considered instead.
Cox Zhang
@cld I think it's more like we need to use our limited time to read high-quality information in the background of information overload these days. Maybe AI can help with "pre-reading" and filtering out high-quality pieces of info.
Chris Lindner
@cox I do agree your opinion! But I still have a question, because I believe people have to judge the "high-quality" by themselves. If we use AI to do the "pre-reading", how can we let the AI know what is "high-quality" to a person?
Cox Zhang
@cld That's a good point. If we ever use AI, we somewhat need to trust them right? :) Prob pre-reading before we can dive deep into any piece we're interested in.
Chris Rickard
Not so much, but I did find this website that shows all Hacker News articles with an AI summarization of their content underneath.. as an avid HN reader I have been using it a bit https://hackyournews.com
Salar Davari
@chrisrickard UserDoc seems interesting. Just hit the notify me button
Chris Rickard
@salar__davari Cheers Salar! 🙂
Salar Davari
Not at all! I believe I should read to fully comprehend something. Listening won't help. I sometimes use AI to generate digests
Cox Zhang
@salar__davari not really listening, but still text-based summaries for fast understanding.
Relja Denic
Well no, but know that you mention it, I couls try something like that. 1. Summarize the points 2. Get links/directions to the part of the document where i can check the summarized part so if I want to read the full version of that
Cox Zhang
@relja_denic pls try ours: briefy.ai. We've already done 1, and WIP for 2.
Anjanay Saxena
Quite a bit. I love synthesising different view points with that of my own to create some super unique and interesting theories. Being a musician, I think AI is very akin to sampling. It lets you be inspired by various existing literature (music), and create something super new. Grateful to be alive in a time like this.
Cox Zhang
@anjanay_saxena really good analogy! Very cool avatar btw.
Hanna Barzakouskaya
Yes, sometimes when there is a vast amount of reading material and limited time.
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Jake Harrison
YEs, I think it is very useful way to get the information directly! I always use ChatGPT for summary and give me specific information.
Serge Neskoromny
Launching soon!
I occasionally use ChatGPT to summarize text by simply copying and pasting, but it doesn't work for lengthy documents. I'd be willing to pay for a service that can summarize PDFs, whether they're local or accessed via a link. However, I wouldn't subscribe to such a service since I only need it from time to time. I'd prefer to pay a dollar per document.
Cox Zhang
@serge_neskoromny Thanks for your opinion!
Serge Neskoromny
Launching soon!
By the way, check out my launch today. I'm introducing an app that helps with writing, not reading, on mobile devices! :)
Jad Sanaknaki
I would use it to summarise long text or to convert it to a workflow.
Kevin Van Haesendonck
With our platform, you can study anything very fast! A follow would be appreciated
Jacky
Let me recommend our newly released product: https://docuspeed.ai. It can use the most suitable summarization method for different types of PDF documents, and it strives to ensure the completeness of the content without truncation. We also very much hope to receive everyone’s feedback. :)