Recursive summarization
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The mouseover title: "I saw an article that said it was a 3 minute read then offered an AI summary, and I believe it may be included in an eventual epitaph for civilization."
The Aftercomic:
Of course it's not just news…
- "Ambience Healthcare’s “Patient Recap” Offers Clinicians the First Chart Summarization Technology from an Ambient AI Platform"
- "WhatsApp adds Meta AI-powered 'Message Summaries' for all those unread texts"
- Using Meeting Summary with AI Companion
So far, none of the AI helpers offer emotionally indicative grunting noises. At least not as far as I know, though maybe Grok is on it?
Accurate graphical summarizations would actually sometimes be useful. Current AI poster generation is about posters to advertise an event, not the sort of figures that would be useful as a summary of complex material, e.g. here:
Victor Mair said,
July 14, 2025 @ 6:35 am
The approaching apotheosis of TLDR.
bks said,
July 14, 2025 @ 6:42 am
“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.” –Woody Allen