How to Use NotebookLM (Google's New AI Tool) - Tom Solid reacts to Tiago Forte

Summary

The video features Thiago Forte analyzing Notebook LM, Google's new AI-powered note-taking and knowledge management platform. He demonstrates key features like adding sources, having conversations with extracted info, saving highlights to a pinboard, and using it for reading comprehension and meeting note summaries. He then focuses on Notebook LM's writing capabilities, showing how it can help with ideation, outlining, and even providing opening lines. Finally, he discusses limitations like the source limits and cites alternatives that accomplish parts of what Notebook LM does. Overall, it aims to integrate reading, researching, note-taking and writing within one space.

Takeaways

• 😊 Thiago compares Notebook LM to other AI tools like ChatGPT and M, noting strengths and weaknesses
• 📝 Notebook LM allows users to train AI models on custom sets of trusted documents
• 🤔 Thiago feels Google is late to the game with Notebook LM as similar tools already exist
• 🔍 Key strength of Notebook LM seems to be its ability to search long form text effectively
• 📚 Integration with tools like Readwise provides access to full reading history for conversations
• ✍️ Thiago is most excited by Notebook LM's potential to aid complex and creative writing
• ❓ Limitations include bugs, learning curve and max of 20 document sources
• 🤖 Thiago sees it as an AI collaborator to enhance speed of thought and workflow
• 🕵️‍♂️ He suggests trying the free account to see if it fits specific use cases
• ☯️ Key is understanding how to conversationally guide AI tools to augment human creativity

Q & A

What is Thiago's main takeaway about Notebook LM?

Thiago believes Notebook LM is the closest thing yet to realizing his vision of a true second brain. He likes how it allows training an AI on specific trusted documents, keeps sources private, and integrates reading, research, note-taking and writing.

How does Notebook LM compare to other AI tools like ChatGPT?

Notebook LM allows training the AI on documents you provide, unlike ChatGPT which is trained on public data. This allows for more accurate, focused results based on your sources. However, ChatGPT can access web info which Notebook LM currently cannot.

What are some key use cases highlighted for Notebook LM?

Key use cases include: understanding complex writings by uploading PDFs, generating meeting summaries from transcripts, ideating and drafting writings by conversing with Notes and highlights, creating proposals by incorporating full book texts.

What is the integration with Readwise about?

Readwise can import and export notes and highlights from various sources into Google Drive docs automatically. These docs can then directly serve as sources for Notebook LM without manual effort.

What are some current limitations of Notebook LM?

Limitations include: max 20 sources, no direct connections to note apps like Evernote, trouble with math/PDF formatting/details, and some bugs since it's still experimental. Improvements are in progress.

How does Notebook LM aim to change creative workflows?

It folds reading, research, note-taking and writing into one integrated space instead of separate steps. This allows remaining in flow state instead of constantly switching tools and formats.

What unique capability does Notebook LM leverage?

It uses source-grounded AI - training the AI on specific private documents you provide instead of public data. This allows for focused expertise based on documents you trust.

Why does Thiago recommend signing up?

He recommends signing up to experience working at the speed of thought with an AI collaborator customized on your data and perspectives. It's a completely new way of leveraging AI in creative workflows.

What feedback does Thiago want on Notebook LM?

He wants feedback, thoughts and comments on Notebook LM and how readers are finding the experience of using this new experimental platform from Google.

What otherNotebook LM video does Thiago want a reaction to?

In the comments, Thiago asks for a reaction video comparing Notebook LM to Notion AI, highlighting the relative advantages of each tool.