I didn’t even know about Notebook LM being a thing or even existing at all until today’s class. From what I had heard, ChatGPT was the superior way of learning from an AI or LLM since it would occasionally cite sources, even if it would hallucinate information on occasion. Using NotebookLLM felt a whole lot better than using ChatGPT. For one, I knew where it was getting the information from without having to stress over whether or not it was accurate. It would also give me consice summaries of what each independent article said if I asked, or synthesize information from multiple data points to create a strong and cohesive understanding.

One thing I learned is that ChatGPT tends to parrot back what it hears instead of thinking deeper, and often only skims the surface when it comes to understanding a topic. With this in mind, I would most likely use ChatGPT to find sources seeing as that I can click on their links… Though I’d really just prefer using Google, as it would be easier and less reliant on an AI to generate, as well as being self-driven instead of being fed to me via a slop machine. If I am trying to dive deeper into each of the sources that I am looking at or attempting to compare and contrast multiple sources that I have found over the course of my research, I would likely opt for Notebook LM seeing as how it is better at doing such without hallucinating data points. In my opinion, it is incredibly important to keep in mind the purpose of what a person is trying to achieve when using AI and being able to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each AI tools avaliable to a person when deciding what kind of tool to use.