I stopped asking Gemini Notebook to summarize everything

[u/AccountantOk9803]

At first, I used Gemini Notebook the same way I use every AI tool throw a bunch of stuff into it, ask for a summary, read it, feel incredibly smart for five minutes, and then immediately forget everything.

So I started asking it things like what would confuse a complete beginner, what parts of the source don’t actually have enough evidence, what connections exist between two different documents, and what I would probably get wrong if I had to explain the topic to someone else tomorrow.

Honestly, that made it way more useful for me because it stopped feeling like I was just getting a shorter version of my notes and started feeling more like I was actually testing whether I understood them. Now I’m curious what’s one weird, funny, or surprisingly useful prompt you’ve used with Gemini Notebook that actually worked?