[GoLUG] Presentation notes for Autodidacticism with ChatGPT, from 10/4/2023

[Syeed Ali]

On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 06:08:51 -0500
o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 12:05 AM Syeed Ali <syeedali at syeedali.com>

> Speaking only for myself - - - what you have provided is great.
> I have come to hate video - - - takes me inordinate amounts of time to
> cover what I can read in 'far less' time. But video is considered
> 'sexy' or some other thing. find myself wishing that such were not
> available when viewed the vast bulk of informational videos.

Thanks!

A lot of people like listening to videos for various reasons, like
multitasking.  Some people need visuals just to engage that part of
their minds; this is why videos with hypnotic repetitive stuff like
gameplay are successful.

I get all that, but I prefer a middle ground of sorts.  For me to to
learn something there needs to be writing because people can go at
their own pace and hop around easily, and secondly the style shouldn't
be too documentation-y or it gets somehow distant and difficult.

I also learn topics by taking notes, so that should show strongly in
all of this.

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I'll be working on the slides today.  They also have their own
philosophy:  Reading should only be a summary, and people should be
listening to the presenter.  This has a side-benefit that an expert on
the topic who is presenting can read the slides and then wing the rest
from memory, to make a presentation far more personal/friendly.