NotebookLlama: An open source version of NotebookLM

Post by aembleton » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 9:23 AM UTC

magic_hamster wrote: post #34

factsaresacred wrote: post #33

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It does have a tendacy to meander or spend too time reflecting on a topic instead of distilling the details. However the new ability to add a prompt improves this greatly. Some instructions that worked for me: - Specifics instead of high level - Approach from non-critical perspective - Dont be philosophical - Use direct quotes often - Focus on the details. Provide a lesson, not reflections - Provide a 'sparknotes' st…

Oh, when was this added? I'll have to check it out.

Post by hackernewds » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 9:48 AM UTC

creativenolo wrote: post #49

notpushkin wrote: post #35

This is in fact pretty explicitly not open source: https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-recipes/blob/d83d0ae7f5c... (And given there is no LICENSE file, I’m afraid you can only use this code as reference at best right now)

It doesn’t look that useful to use as it. But the approach there are investigating is clearly and well documented in plain text. Seems like a valid contribution to public knowledge to be grateful for, even if it can’t be use verbatim.

Post by hackernewds » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 9:52 AM UTC

hitradostava wrote: post #40

dartos wrote: post #29

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Idk if I’d call it a killer app. The podcasts are grating to listen to and usually only contain very surface information I could gain from a paper’s abstract. It’s a wildly impressive technical achievement though.

The point being made is that while this may be grating for you. It is magic for a large part of the population. This combined with chatgpt advanced voice mode shows a direction of travel for AI agents. It makes it possible to imagine a world where everyone has personalized tutors and that world isn't very far away.

Post by hackernewds » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 9:55 AM UTC

pmontra wrote: post #42

behnamoh wrote: post #18

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> What NotebookLM does at an LLM level is not particularly novel, it's the packaging as a product... Disagreed. NLM is novel in how the two hosts interrupt and overlap each other. No other OSS solution does that, they just take turns talking.

But that's a bad habit and we tell people not to do it. So it's a novel but undesirable feature IMHO.

Post by creativenolo » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 9:58 AM UTC

creativenolo wrote: post #49

notpushkin wrote: post #35

This is in fact pretty explicitly not open source: https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-recipes/blob/d83d0ae7f5c... (And given there is no LICENSE file, I’m afraid you can only use this code as reference at best right now)

It doesn’t look that useful to use as it. But the approach there are investigating is clearly and well documented in plain text. Seems like a valid contribution to public knowledge to be grateful for, even if it can’t be use verbatim.