From an earlier video
This is material from an earlier video — the interfaces and features of AI services may have changed since. The idea and the approach still hold.
What does it look like?
What is it?
NotebookLM is a Google tool for deep analysis of information. You upload files, and it turns them into knowledge:
- builds mind maps,
- creates AI podcasts between virtual speakers,
- draws logical connections between sources,
- gives an explanation of every point,
- knows how to not make things up — it relies only on the uploaded material.
🧱 How does it work?
Creating a notebook:
- You create a “notebook”
- You upload up to 300 sources (PDFs, articles, videos, presentations)
- You ask a question or ask it to explain something
- You get an answer that cites the source
- You create podcasts, set the topics
- You use mind maps to memorise the content
🔍 Why is it useful?
NotebookLM is especially handy for:
- students and researchers — to prepare for exams
- authors — to write fact-based texts
- entrepreneurs — to gather analytics
- doctors — to analyse medical documents
- coaches and psychologists — to build AI mentors
🎧 AI podcasts: what does it look like?
NotebookLM can create a dialogue between two characters:
- You set the topic (e.g. “Creativity and discipline”)
- You choose the sources (e.g. a book, a podcast and an article)
- NotebookLM creates a conversation, as if two experts were discussing the topic — with intonation, emotion, jokes and questions.
🔐 Why is it safer?
NotebookLM:
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doesn’t hallucinate (it relies on your data)
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always cites the source (so you can double-check)
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doesn’t use info outside your base
That makes it ideal for serious topics — psychology, medicine, business analytics.
🧠 Ideas for advanced use
- Career mentor: use your notes, emails, tracking data.
- Content machine: upload your articles and ask it to make digests from them
- Advice based on your favourite books
- A virtual podcast between you and a famous expert
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