I've been thinking a bit about meeting summaries -- while helpful, for sure -- I've lately been noticing that summarizing is actually a very human act -- and it's worth not outsourcing that skill -- or at least, taking note of what you think the key ideas from the meeting were BEFORE you read what AI does. (I like Fathom)... or actually a full transcript then uploaded into Claude for a summary give the purpose and affinities of the groups I lead
exactly — I see this skill with students increasingly: the tendency to have an AI summarize a lengthy text: but it’s in the finding the gems (particular, actionable, relevant) that good readers do!
Yes,so important. If I relied on AI generated summaries for my newsletter without knowing what about an article made it noteworthy, or what I wanted to add, no one would read it.
I've been thinking a bit about meeting summaries -- while helpful, for sure -- I've lately been noticing that summarizing is actually a very human act -- and it's worth not outsourcing that skill -- or at least, taking note of what you think the key ideas from the meeting were BEFORE you read what AI does. (I like Fathom)... or actually a full transcript then uploaded into Claude for a summary give the purpose and affinities of the groups I lead
💯. I usually take note of keep points and add that to the summary prompt which is pretty comprehensive.
exactly — I see this skill with students increasingly: the tendency to have an AI summarize a lengthy text: but it’s in the finding the gems (particular, actionable, relevant) that good readers do!
Yes,so important. If I relied on AI generated summaries for my newsletter without knowing what about an article made it noteworthy, or what I wanted to add, no one would read it.
I'm excited to see Amazon's take on the OpenAI leadership chaos as a film. I hope they actually dig deep and share the real story.
I know I'm looking forward to that too. The story has so many juicy tidbits.