# How to Summarize Books Using ChatGPT: 7 Experiments in AI Distillation - Tiago Forte Synced: [[2023_11_30]] 6:03 AM Last Highlighted: [[2023_07_27]] ![rw-book-cover](https://fortelabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Blog-Thumbnails-2.0-7.png) ## Highlights [[2023_07_27]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h6ayff757jzjtma446jx667g) > First, I concluded that supplying ChatGPT with the best excerpts from one’s reading greatly improves the summary it can provide, especially when those excerpts are organized into an outline that provides a particular point of view [[2023_07_27]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h6ayf0vxtqqrq47ym7xjnqar) > The main challenge is distilling the excerpts enough to fit within the context window [[2023_07_27]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h6aye1sf7tpptraegexxh5vj) > I conclude that reading books is still worthwhile, even in an age of Artificial Intelligence. Besides the personal enrichment from the experience of reading, there are key details, subtle distinctions, and gestalts of meaning that come from reading and notetaking that can’t (yet) be reproduced by even the latest language models. [[2023_07_27]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h6ayd5397vec4tyg9v5e0sqe) > In a world of infinite, instantaneous summarization, the one with the most unique data to summarize wins.