mnkm

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   by mnkm 4y ago

   What do you think about the responses generated by this: https://www.konjer.xyz/the-alchemist (disclaimer: built by me) What specifically is missing from the answers in your opinion?
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   by mnkm 4y ago

   this is cool!
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   by mnkm 4y ago

   yep -- held off on textbooks for this reason.
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   by mnkm 4y ago

   yea they basically just say things that sound plausible
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   by mnkm 4y ago

   cool little interaction -- thank you for your feedback.
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   by mnkm 4y ago

   yep -- retention is ghastly rn :p
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   by mnkm 4y ago

   more immersive fiction experiences coming hopefully this month! definitely subscribe to the newsletter or join the book club to be notified when new things get added. Book Club: https://discord.com/invite/2yzGD3sSRu Ne
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   by mnkm 4y ago

   sick suggestion
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   by mnkm 4y ago

   this is too good.
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    Sahil Lavingia from Gumroad has an amazing video on his YouTube channel called "AI in a Day" that explains it at a high level.
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    Ohh!! Sorry -- that was my first time to HN. Will remember this for the next time!
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    Each book is best at answering questions on its own source material. For now though, it will sometimes answer stuff not related to the book. The litmus test I use is always asking a new book "Do you know anything about the Chamber of S
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    exactly!
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    My buddy and I will start fixing that on Saturday. Right now we are in San Francisco pitching the idea to try and raise money to work on it full time :)
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    see for yourself :) https://www.konjer.xyz/eiman/the-quran
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    Show HN: I turned my microeconomics textbook into a chatbot with GPT-3(konjer.xyz)

    51 points by mnkm 4y ago|57 comments
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    Try asking the book questions about the specific topics that it covers.
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    Looks like OpenAI is getting hammered currently.
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    if one book does not work I would suggest trying a different one. working on fixing this!
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    I posted this earlier but I have a free weekly newsletter for this project. I take book requests from readers, and document the process of building out the library. Readers also get early access to books as they come out. https:/&#x2F
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    Definitely. I've done this for a couple people already actually. At the bottom of the books page I have a link for exactly that kind of use case.
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    yes! this is just the first iteration.
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    this is awesome thanks!
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    hey - some other commenters have answered your question better than I could.
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    it's closed source but if you're interested i have a free weekly newsletter for the project where i document building it. https://konjer.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    If you click the emoji there are some sample questions for each book.
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    Thanks! Working on it!
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    It has more to do with people's expectations of fiction books being different for this format. With non-fiction it's more straight forward. Simple Q&A.
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    Not familiar with the Jobs reference. Would love a link to that. New to HN, so not sure if this is the right way to connect. I set up a Twitter account for this project if you want to DM. https://twitter.com/_konjer
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    by mnkm 4y ago

    Sometimes a book will refer to a quote from its author spontaneously. For my own amusement I google the quote. Almost always I can find the source.