What content is suitable for AI summarization, and what isn’t?

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I’ve seen many AI tools for summarizing articles and videos. What kinds of professionals are using these products? In my experience, if you're learning something new, it's better not to use AI summarization directly, as you may miss many important details.

For other areas, let’s say I ask AI to summarize a book for me. After reading the summary, have I truly finished reading the book? Is that really the case?

Please share your thoughts on the scenarios and techniques for using AI summarization.

Anbang Xu · Accepted Answer

AI summarization works best for factual, structured content like news articles or research papers. However, it may struggle with nuanced or creative works that require human interpretation, such as poetry or personal narratives.

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Summarizing complex data-heavy reports works well, but summarizing nuanced discussions or debates can miss important context, making them less effective for AI.

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Long-form articles, reports, or research papers are perfect for AI summarization, but creative content like poetry or storytelling might lose its essence if summarized too much.

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AI summarization works great for high-level overviews of long articles or reports. It helps me grasp the main points quickly without diving into every detail.

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I use AI summaries to get a quick gist of a book or article, but I always go back to the full text if I need to dive deeper into the details.

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For complex subjects or deep learning, I find it’s better to read the full content. Summaries can miss nuances that are crucial for thorough understanding.

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The short text  or short updates may not require summarisation because they are already concise and to the point.

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Summary reading scenarios are more suited to news, less important articles and posts, which saves time.
For research or study in a field that requires in-depth knowledge, a summary can understand where you need to find the information you need rather than reading through the entire text, assuming you already have a little bit of a foundation of information in that field.
When studying a new field, you need an explanation rather than an abstract. Because you can't understand what is meant in the abstract!

kamjin · Answer

@nitesh_jamod I completely agree with your point; artificial intelligence should always be the one to handle dull tasks :D

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

I usually do when I need an abstract of the latest news. I see an article that is 5,000 or more characters long but my prompt is: "Summarise this briefly." I need a keypoints.

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

@kamjin Thank you! :)

kamjin · Answer

@busmark_w_nika Your approach is definitely something I can learn from. This way, we can more efficiently filter through the overwhelming sources of information in our daily lives to find what we really want to see.

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I think long, detail-rich articles can be ideal for AI summarisation. It allows you to get the main points without  reading everything.

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For me, content that's less critical to my job or personal life, like general news or light reads. So just in case of errors in the summaries, it will be less likely to have significant impacts.

What content is suitable for AI summarization, and what isn’t?

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