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NotebookLM: An AI Notebook

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Re: NotebookLM: An AI Notebook

#12
post #9

This seems like a good alternative to all the "ask a PDF a question" GPT wrappers that have sprung up.

Having implemented my own "ask a PDF a question" GPT wrapper, there's a lot of design decisions / complexity that can make it better/worse and I'm not sure how much a "one-size fits all" google approach will work for google. Convenient that it plugs in directly to your gdrive though.

Re: NotebookLM: An AI Notebook

#14

A new prototype from Gogle for collecting user data and will be dumped anytime soon once it collects enough data or it fails.

Woof. Talk about a bad reputation exemplified. I can't imagine what it's like working on stuff like this at Google, earnestly just trying to make a great product people will want to use, only to have to fight decades of user-hostile product destruction that the company has done.

Re: NotebookLM: An AI Notebook

#15
Why would I use any google service with a death countdown on its forehead? I have migrated away from Google almost completely. I can’t imagine being a product team there and having to defend product’s existence for more than a year.

Re: NotebookLM: An AI Notebook

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post #15

Why would I use any google service with a death countdown on its forehead? I have migrated away from Google almost completely. I can’t imagine being a product team there and having to defend product’s existence for more than a year.

Because now you can ask the service itself when it will be shut down.

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post #15

Why would I use any google service with a death countdown on its forehead? I have migrated away from Google almost completely. I can’t imagine being a product team there and having to defend product’s existence for more than a year.

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Re: NotebookLM: An AI Notebook

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post #4

First question that came to mind was when will Google kill this service and when will I have to export all my content?

This was immediately my first thought when I saw the product. When is the expiry day? Why aren’t they making it clear?

Also I think this will inspire other companies and help those companies (cough microsoft, apple) create their own version which they will integrate to their own lineup. It will be interesting seeing it in future.

Disclaimer: I am not AI and I typed this response in my tablet. People for some reason have tendency to assume I answer like a bot.

Re: NotebookLM: An AI Notebook

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post #4

First question that came to mind was when will Google kill this service and when will I have to export all my content?

This was immediately my first thought when I saw the product. When is the expiry day? Why aren’t they making it clear? Also I think this will inspire other companies and help those companies (cough microsoft, apple) create their own version which they will integrate to their own lineup. It will be interesting seeing it in future. Disclaimer: I am not AI and I typed this response in my tablet. People for some reason h…

According to GPT4, you had a 75% chance of being a bot before the disclaimer. With the disclaimer it gives me a 100% chance or OpenAI will give me my money back.
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