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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These idiots that think AI will do the same thing as note writing need to take a neurology class.[/quote]

Or just read a study, any study, on the value of handwritten notes.[/quote]

Right. But there hasn’t been ANY study done comparing the value of handwritten notes, vs the protocol proposed here (including ai transcribed notes, then summaries of concepts, then spending 1 hour post class doing through the material in detail again utilizing the quiz format) while you simple pay attention in class and Interact with the professor with questions. I’m 100% certain that the 2nd option proposed will beat the handwritten notes neurology studies 10 out of 10 times.

My own anecdotal evidence supports this. My first 2 years at this not to be named IVY, I lived by Cornell notes. Taking amazing notes each class. Yes I did well. off course it works. It has worked for 100 years. But the time it took me to review my notes and te-study the material was much much longer than what I have been doing in my junior year with the previous mentioned protocol. I can now digest the exact same information (and more advanced since I’m taking Sr classes and some grad classes) in a much quicker and efficient way than simple taking hand notes. My grades prove it and I feel MUCH MUCH more knowledgeable about the subjects I’m studying.

Please note I’m not proposing using these tools to Cheat. That is ludicrous. What I’m saying is that if used properly, these tools are amazing learning tools that are much better than simply note taking.[/quote]

What tools are you using? I want my incoming freshman to get a jump start this summer.[/quote]

Otter.ai and any LLM like Claude, Gemini, ChatGpt or NotebookLM. You need to pay the subscription for Otter.AI to get the most minutes out of it. Alternatively you can just use a digital recorder, but it becomes more cumbersome to move that to your computer to upload to a LLM (Large Language Model). My favorite workflow which I have automated (you dont have to, I’m just a nerd) is record with otter.ai in your cell or iPad. Once it transcribes it, export the txt file to the notebookLM for each lecture. Than you can interact with the material on NotebookLM, ask questions, create quizzes, summaries, etc. My favorite is creating Audio Files that are like podcasts that focus on the specific portions of the lecture you didnt quite understand. The amazing feature is that you can stop the “podcast”and ask a question with your own voice and it will respond based on the lecture materials.  I do that after every lecture and review the material in 30 minutes at night.

I like notebookLM since the source is constrained to what you upload (lecture materials). So it doesnt hallucinate searching for info outside the wall and giving you fake data or information. I do that weekly. One notebookLM folder per week. That way I can review my weekly lectures Sunday night before I start the week again 100% prepared for what is next. This has transformed my learning. [/quote]

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