[david-gpu]

Not just summarizing, but also being able to answer follow-up questions about what is in the text.

And, like Wikipedia, they can be useful to find your bearing in a subject that you know nothing about. Unlike Wikipedia, you can ask it free-form questions and have it review your understanding.

[th0ma5]

I keep hearing anecdotes but the data, like a widely covered BBC study, say they only compress and shorten and routinely fail outside of testing on real world selection of only the most important content or topics.

[david-gpu]

You don't have to trust my word -- all you have to do is provide an LLM with a text that you are well familiar with and ask the LLM questions about it.

[th0ma5]

Yup! I've done this and it sucks!