[jayspiel]

Not too negative, I really appreciate this perspective and agree with some of what you said.

IMO if you wanted to simply talk to a file or two Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude are great for that.

The goal of this experimental product was to think creatively around what a true source grounded tool could be. (Obviously while building to best support the user needs). Our team put in immense work to move quickly while trying to be creative while keeping it simple. I have no doubt the product will continue to evolve and improve based on continued feedback like this!

Re: my website, I personally digest things better visually. I had hoped the additional visual elements would explain my decision making process to others as well.

[jorgemendes]

Thank you for your work. NotebookLM has been invaluable for my learning experience. With the summaries, the mind maps, the multi-source synthesis and dialogue with the material, it adjusts pretty well to my learning style.

[dandelionv1bes]

Agreed. NotebookLM is one of my most used tools for my research work. I’m able to give the audio overview to friends and family who don’t want to read a paper but am interested in what I’m doing. And the “live” talk allows me to interrogate my own work and identify gaps where I haven’t explained something well.

[troupo]

Your blog post shows that more effort and creativity was spent on "brand identity" than on "everyone is doing column layouts with chat in the middle and we'll just make the rest an indistinguishable mess of links on par with literally every single Google product".

[mark_l_watson]

I only use NotebookLM a few times a month when I have many input sources I want to sift through. Very valuable but most appropriate for longer work/study sessions.