[kmoser]

> 9. A minimalist ebook reader that lets me read ebooks, but I can highlight passages and have the model explain things in more depth off to the side. It should also take on the persona of the author. It should feel like an extension of the book and not a separate chat instance.

Companies are already doing this so you can chat with the "author": https://www.wired.com/story/why-read-books-when-you-can-use-...

[sharkjacobs]

> It should feel like an extension of the book and not a separate chat instance.

So like footnotes? Or more like Socrates suddenly goes off on an anachronistic 1200 word discursion, in the middle of Phaedrus, about Freudian interpretations of his argument

[aaronbrethorst]

This is probably what the kids would call 'cringe,' but I asked Claude to Summarize Plato's "Apology" into a brief rap that sounds like it could have come from "Hamilton"

The Trial of Socrates (An Athenian Rap)

[Verse 1]

My name is Socrates, corrupting the youth?

That's what they claim but I'm just seeking truth

Oracle said I'm the wisest alive—

I said "that's impossible," had to investigate why

Turns out everybody's fronting, they don't know what they say

Politicians, poets, craftsmen—all pretending every day

I expose their ignorance, make 'em look like fools

Now they're charging me with breaking all of Athens' rules

[Chorus]

I'm not throwing away my shot

At the examined life, whether they like it or not

Wisdom is knowing what you don't know

And I'd rather die than let philosophy go

[Verse 2]

Meletus, you're stepping to me? Son, you're confused

You say I'm atheist but blame me for introducing gods that are new?

Your story doesn't track, your logic's full of cracks

I've got a divine sign that keeps me on the righteous path

They want me silent, want me exiled, want me gone

But I'm Athens' gadfly, stinging till the break of dawn

Death? That's just a journey to another place

Either dreamless sleep or meeting heroes face to face

[Outro]

So sentence me to death, I'll drink the hemlock down

'Cause an unexamined life ain't worth living in this town

History will vindicate the questions that I ask—

The pursuit of truth and virtue is my only task!

[3eb7988a1663]

I was imagining the author was describing something like a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer