How to read HARD books with ChatGPT in 12 mins

[@BGarciaOfficial]

To read challenging books with ChatGPT, I start by converting my EPUB books into PDF format, which I then upload to a personalized version of ChatGPT that I’ve set up for myself. I write a script for the AI that outlines the kind of character or persona I want it to adopt when interacting with me. Once that's done, I can ask it questions about the book, and it references the text directly to provide answers. This approach allows me to dive deeper into the material, focusing on specific ideas and insights that are directly based on the author’s writing. It helps me explore the content in a more focused and precise way.

[@NeurosGenesis]

Nice, thanks for the comment.

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Love the approach and thank you for sharing :) what kind of persona do you usually choose?

[@tt3b]

What personalized version you used and thank you for sharing

[@BGarciaOfficial]

@@VickyZhaoBEEAMP Essentially, you'll start by outlining what you want the AI to do. Specifically, you want it to take on the role of an expert in the subject you're reading about, and then ensure it references the material you provide when answering questions. After that, you'll take what you've written and input it into a free ChatGPT Prompt Generator. Once it creates a prompt, copy it and paste it into a custom GPT model that you’ll set up. Keep in mind, you'll need to be on the paid version to do this. When setting it up, only enable the code interpreter and browsing capabilities. Once saved, you can ask it anything related to the book’s topic.

[@BGarciaOfficial]

@@tt3b you can create personalized GPTs with the payed version.

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

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[@DebSchiano]

Your examples helped me in seeing AI as a tool for fostering questioning, and questioning, linking past knowledge with new information imparts new learning! (It also reminds of the Wikipedia rabbit hole game, in which you keep clicking on hyperlinks and see where you end up! Although probably not much thinking going on there!)

[@Rs-zc2xw]

Brilliant! I’ve been doing the same with sections of books and lectures that have been viciously kicking my bottom! 🤪😁😎😎🙏

[@Jazz_Guitar_With_Steve]

Canons are written for four voices (Bach was a choir master at his church) and explore simpler harmonic structures that a group of everyday people can people can manage. Fugues are written for master instrumentalists, allowing for more intricate melodic development while still adhering to the same harmonic rules. I don’t know if it’s the fault of the philosopher or Chat GPT in this instance, but thats a pretty big point to overlook.

[@garyleemusic]

Agreed. The idea that canons are less inventive or creative simply isn’t true.

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Hmmm will have to have another conversation with ChatGPT on this!

[@Jazz_Guitar_With_Steve]

@ the idea that Bach did anything subpar boggles my mind

[@davideylerYT]

This is so helpful - thanks!

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@tieronspear9606]

Thank you for this process.

[@mauricioweber8879]

GoedelmWscer Bach is great! Took me a year to take it all in

[@guthrien]

To me, this is literally where LLM excel. I, like another viewer, find non-drm ePub and convert to PDF and you have a conversation about the text, though it already has a knowledge of most works. I like to keep the written dialogues or summaries as part of a running note I keep about the text that includes my own insights. It's as though I had transcripts from a personal teacher or philosophical friend.

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Beautiful... damn that got me goosebumps - my childhood dream realized

[@guthrien]

@@VickyZhaoBEEAMP somewhat related, you must go look at NotebookLM by Google. Mess around with it for 15min. They're trying to build this intersection.

[@Exaggeration_Filter]

Life saver ❤

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Thank you for watching!!

[@alexiwiedemann]

nice vid vicky. Had you ever tried using chatGPT to create your atomic notes based on the concepts you{d presented absolutely perfect in your vid about atomic notes?

[@SoroushTorkian]

Philosophers take decades to understand what they're thinking about too, and they even specialize rather than generalize. Don't be so hard on yourself.

[@resilienceandflow3095]

Love Range!

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Sameeeeeeeee!!!

[@sashamrkailo8411]

Problem is you wont know if it is feeding you nonsense or not. You have to be an expert in the field to know that. Catch 22.

[@RobBrogan]

I’m curious to take a picture of my bookshelf and send that to ChatGPT for this kind of associated reading plan suggestion.

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

That's a great idea! Let me know how it goes.

[@Ianjames1066]

Consider "fugue state" of mind which is wide, ethereal, etc.

[@Kongnections]

My OCD kept noticing the many typos on the mockup of the phone screen. Doesn't AI know how to spell?

[@felicitiefoo7676]

I absolutely love this episode Vicky! Yes why bother reading dense subject on the superficial level? Well, if you are not inate to absorb information fast and have trouble to understand longer chain of logic like myself, yet still want to understand some topic of interest, then what Vicky showed here with gpt can at least get you started and relate to what you are familar with, so that anything new doesnt look too foreign. I do think gpt is a great creation that not only help you understand information, but can used for formulating/solving problems with less effort. Is there anything interesting in creating framework gpt? :)

[@felicitiefoo7676]

I did check out four books this month without finishing any of them while the deadline is approaching 😅 I realize as my interest shift more to non-fictions nowadays, it's really getting the message behind the paragraph that is most important, other than word by word. That's why summarizing video key points and key sections in paper/books is very helpful for slow learners. And gpt allows you to ask questions without bothering others too much (in case others are bored by you asking the same questions three times with just the change of wordings 😅😅

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Haha EXACTLY how I feel - why bother someone who might not even be interested with my mumble jumble when there’s someone with all the info of humanity ready and eager to engage on a hard topic with me!!!! What are you reading these days?

[@felicitiefoo7676]

@@VickyZhaoBEEAMP Hey Vicky, I got two T.kingfisher books (fantasy), chip war, The Total Skywatcher's manual, and The Time Traveler's Almanac :) what are you reading recently? I'm up for a book recommendation episode!

[@Ianjames1066]

AWESOME

[@jollojakar8995]

If you know how to convert a book into text, you can upload the entire thing to chatgpt and other models with large enough token context. Then just chat with the book.

[@na5346]

don't they limit the length that I can ask question about?

[@jollojakar8995]

​@@na5346 Yes, currently, for instance, GPT4-o-mini is about 100k words.

[@เรียนภาษาอังกฤษวันนี้]

WHAT ABOUT ACTUALLY LISTENING TO A FUGUE AND A CANON BY BACH!!?? SHEEESH LOUISE!!!!

[@ShellyNoelly]

But how do you know when it's wrong 😢 - I find the more domain specific the knowledge is... The less accurate chat GPT is. But I haven't used the most recent version

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

I do more research - either the good old way or perplexity is really great! Also, as I read, I look for contradictions in my understanding to see where I need to readjust!

[@shaihazher]

In this case you need to attach a few research papers from the domain in your chat and then ask questions. It works brilliantly

[@Ianjames1066]

Koestler's Ghost in the Machine is the source of The Police's album of the same name

[@Ianjames1066]

Shop class as Soul Craft is another book akin to Pirsig's book

[@pouet4608]

Interesting. Pb is hallucinations when you want chatgpt to link things which are not

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Haha humans hallucinate all the time too, I don't mind a little creativity and stretch in thought to challenge what I think is possible

[@jaguarazul]

👍👏

[@daspradeep]

let's read together :-)

[@Trazynn]

You're not going to understand anything about Gödel Escher Bach by reading a summary, two thirds of the pages are illustrations.

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Agreed! That's why we gotta get the most out of the book by having conversations :) so many ways to interpret, so many little details that can be the entrance to fascinating rabbit holes!

[@mayureshsaitwal5716]

Nice , but I don't trust ChatGPT much especially on such GEB like concepts. And am also reading understanding GEB , if anyone have study materials and books regarding the book I would appreciate and would love to share and have conversation about the ideas and concepts based on it.

[@GeorgiZhukov33]

The keyboard clicking sound effects were incredibly annoying and are not needed at all.

[@conradbraganza]

😂 actually like it

[@teenoso4069]

Why not slow ChatGPT? We use to write essays and read books as the process was a discipline and the knowledge the cherry

[@rhythmandacoustics]

This video just wasted 11 mins of my life.

[@RahulSharma-re8jg]

Why even read those if you use AI, your intelligence would be gone soon.

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Only if we take their intelligence at superficial value! Gotta use their intelligence to boost our own with these conversations

[@pauldruhg2992]

AI can't handle Being as a noun and Identity as equal, etc. So it's answers are the word trips, good luck.

[@BehrouzEnglishTeacher]

If you are not willing to make the effort, just don't read them.

[@punnypuns5103]

It’s not that black and white. Sometimes when the concepts are overwhelming as some writers assume you know all the concepts and you are finding it hard to keep reading, it is good to google or in this case use ChatGPT. Instead of not understanding and not finishing, it motivates you to see the whole picture.

[@VickyZhaoBEEAMP]

Haha but I want to!!!

[@dr510unknown]

This is the effort

[@dr510unknown]

Giving up would mean not even trying to read it.

[@michellelarson9983]

I will tell you why it's a mirage: women and philosophy won't mix..there is none a single female philosophy icon in history of humankind