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Re: Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally

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Post by samlhuillier »

humbleferret wrote: post #17

Great job! I played around with this on a couple of small knowledge bases using an open Hermes model I had downloaded. The “related notes” feature didn't provide much value in my experience, often the link was so weak it was nonsensical. The Q&A mode was surprisingly helpful for querying notes and providing overviews, but asking anything specific typically just resulted in less than helpful or false answers. I'm sure…

Thank you for your feedback!

Working hard on improving the chunking to improve related notes section. RAG is fairly naive right now, with lots of improvements coming in the next few weeks.

Re: Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally

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Post by samlhuillier »

gavmor wrote: post #22

Seems cool, but didn't utilize my GPU? At any rate, definitely a futuristic POC, and prototype for the way I see desktop software going in the next few years.

Yes unfortunately not implemented yet. Will be coming soon though :)

Re: Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally

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Post by OJFord »

bhpm wrote: post #16
fastball wrote: post #4

Does the future of knowledge management involve using lots of AI to organize pieces of knowledge? I think "here be dragons", and that over-relying on AI to do all your organization for you will very possibly (probably?) cause you to become worse at thinking. No data to back this up because it is still early days in the proliferation of such tools, but historically making learning and thinking and "knowledge managemen…

> I think "here be dragons", and that over-relying on AI to do all your organization for you will very possibly (probably?) cause you to become worse at thinking. Socrates said exactly this. But when they came to writing, Theuth said: “O King, here is something that, once learned, will make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their memory; I have discovered a potion for memory and for wisdom.” Thamus, however, repli…

> > I think "here be dragons", and that over-relying on AI [...]

> Socrates said exactly this.

I roughly recalled where you were going to go with that afterwards, but I couldn't help but 'spit take' at that given some of the quotes he does get credited with!

Re: Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally

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Post by ParetoOptimal »

fastball wrote: post #4

Does the future of knowledge management involve using lots of AI to organize pieces of knowledge? I think "here be dragons", and that over-relying on AI to do all your organization for you will very possibly (probably?) cause you to become worse at thinking. No data to back this up because it is still early days in the proliferation of such tools, but historically making learning and thinking and "knowledge managemen…

I think you want to organize your own knowledge graph and then use the LLM to find novel connections or answer questions based upon it.

Re: Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally

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Post by kepano »

This is a good reminder of why storing Obsidian notes as individual Markdown files is much more useful than stuffing those notes in a database and having Markdown as an export format. The direct manipulation of files allows multiple apps to coexist and do useful things on top of the same files.

Re: Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally

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Post by samlhuillier »

kepano wrote: post #26

This is a good reminder of why storing Obsidian notes as individual Markdown files is much more useful than stuffing those notes in a database and having Markdown as an export format. The direct manipulation of files allows multiple apps to coexist and do useful things on top of the same files.

Absolutely! Really respect the work you folks are doing.

Re: Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally

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Post by bemusedthrow75 »

I think I struggle to see any application of LLMs for my notes that wouldn't, in practice, be just as easily implemented as a search facility.

My main challenge with my notes (that I've been collecting for about 15 years) is remembering to consult them before I google.

I suppose a unified interface to both my notes via LLM and internet search would help, but then I get that with my Apple Notes and the Mac's systemwide search, if I remember to use it.

Re: Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally

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Post by davidy123 »

bhpm wrote: post #16
fastball wrote: post #4

Does the future of knowledge management involve using lots of AI to organize pieces of knowledge? I think "here be dragons", and that over-relying on AI to do all your organization for you will very possibly (probably?) cause you to become worse at thinking. No data to back this up because it is still early days in the proliferation of such tools, but historically making learning and thinking and "knowledge managemen…

> I think "here be dragons", and that over-relying on AI to do all your organization for you will very possibly (probably?) cause you to become worse at thinking. Socrates said exactly this. But when they came to writing, Theuth said: “O King, here is something that, once learned, will make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their memory; I have discovered a potion for memory and for wisdom.” Thamus, however, repli…

So if you only converse with LLMs (and never write or read anything), is the problem solved?

Re: Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally

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Post by davidy123 »

Super interesting project. I like its focus. Wondering if the author looked into Cozodb, or other databases that combine vector + graph/triples. Since probably neuro-symbolic is the best path. https://docs.cozodb.org/en/latest/releases/v0.6.html talks about this idea.
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