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Re:Garry Tan asks for "Perplexity meets Kindle" product by nabla9 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:12PM (#40740336)
I ask perplexity. It gives answers with sources. I check the sources, too often the answer is not backed by sources. It's better than just bullshitting without sources, but not that much. I like the direction though.

The real issue with perplexity is their dishonest crawler who does not obey the rules.

Re:Garry Tan asks for "Perplexity meets Kindle" product by reza_1999 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:32PM (#40740547)
Yeah but it was not about how good they are i guess, more about kinda ppl-like tool for books
Re:Garry Tan asks for "Perplexity meets Kindle" product by kaven1234 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:35PM (#40740578)
Agree, they're more on hype than other things. NGL it's still way better than copilot ...
Re:Garry Tan asks for "Perplexity meets Kindle" product by realsarm on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:30PM (#40740526)
I think ppl does not meet the required UI/UX necessary for interacting with books and reading in general. If they do it, it would hurt the experience with web.
Re:Garry Tan asks for "Perplexity meets Kindle" product by kaven1234 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:34PM (#40740570)
Yeah I agree, even they used to support wiki pedia, but they removed it!!
Re:Garry Tan asks for "Perplexity meets Kindle" product by RoseAlze on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:38PM (#40740607)
Awwwwi, I just tried this tool, I uploaded 10 books each 700+ pages and then asked something from only one of them and to my surprise it just gave me from that book without saying shits like chatgpt. different from other RAGs!!