NotebookLM Podcasts about Peat's articles
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As someone who sometimes struggles to understand more scientific articles, and is also simply too short on time to read them all in a somewhat acceptable time frame, I made this as a very beginner-friendly entry point:
It’s basically short (10-25min) podcasts talking about each of Peat‘s articles. I've tested it with other content I am more familiar with and was astounded by how well and accurately it conveyed the information.
I’m still adding all the rest, just going top to bottom on Ray's website. Obviously this is AI slop to some extent, so you should still read the articles yourself.Please feel free to download and redistribute.
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@samuel said in NotebookLM Podcasts about Peat's articles:
Obviously this is AI slop
Thank you good sir. (Humour, no offence.)
As someone who sometimes struggles to understand more scientific articles
Don't forget time can be on your side. You could take as much as you like over as many days as you like. Sleep well and wait for a conscious understanding to catch up with you. Maybe someone needs you to. Maybe someone else who did missed something.
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He has an article on resveratrol on other sites. I wonder how AI could summarize that article as I had a hard time trying to summarize it. Wonder how well AI would do it:
Temporal thinking is the faculty that’s
engaged by an enriched environment, but it’s
wrong to call it “thinking,” because it’s simply
the way organisms exist... - Ray Peat Nov 2017 Newsletter -
@yerrag Thanks, will add it!
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@yerrag - For a battle of the AIs, here is my go-to.
Peatbot.com: The context provided from Ray Peat's newsletter discusses resveratrol in the context of its purported anti-aging effects and its ability to mimic calorie restriction. It highlights that resveratrol is being marketed as a longevity-increasing drug, with claims that it can prevent obesity, cure type-2 diabetes, slow aging, and increase longevity. However, the newsletter also points out that the mass media and some medical journals may not be providing a balanced description of its biological effects.
Resveratrol is described as a defensive fungicidal antibiotic and a phytoestrogen, which suggests it could be perceived as a stressor by yeast. The newsletter implies skepticism about the broad claims made regarding resveratrol's health benefits, particularly when extrapolating findings from yeast to humans.
In summary, while resveratrol is marketed with various health claims, the context suggests that these claims should be approached with caution, and the biological effects of resveratrol may not be fully understood or accurately represented in popular media.
“All things are poison and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not a poison.” - Paracelsus (c. 1493–1541) 👀
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@samuel Awesome!
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Thanks David! The summary is very helpful. Try passing Ray's article to family or friends or even to a chat group. No one will be able to get the message much less get the idea resveratrol is bad and keep on drinking red wine just because it is good for some reason starting with a letter r with four syllables.
This is one reason AI helps.
