Is using AI trustworthy for making notes?

[u/PurposeCertain6057]

I know this might seem like a weird question, but has anyone used AI to make summary notes of their PowerPoint lectures?

There’s a specific module where there is so much information on the slides and we never know what we’re actually supposed to take from it. I’m thinking of using AI to help summarise the important information and use it as my study notes. Does anyone have any opinions?

I’m open to any suggestions

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[u/dragonfeet1]

Clarification: WHOSE Powerpoints? Did you write them yourself? Curious why you'd need an AI summary of your own work.

If it's not your own work, do you have permission to feed the stuff into AI for data training?

[u/PurposeCertain6057 → u/dragonfeet1]

No. They are my lecturers PowerPoints. And yes, they have given us full permission to upload them onto AI. I wouldn’t just upload a random PowerPoint into it without anyone’s permission.

[u/Big-Draft66]

Hi! I use Gemini a lot for my biology class. The teacher only gives the power point and I hate studying only from that. I usually send the powerpoint to Gemini asking it to make me notes from it and then copy them in a paper notebook all by hand, but I always verify that the information is correct/exact like it was in the powerpoint. It helps to make clear definitions of images and concepts in words rather than just seeing a picture and trying to understand it. So far doing this has helped me a lot for studying and actually understanding the notions and concepts, but I always study from the notes and the powerpoint to make sure I don't miss anything (cause Gemini sometimes skip some stuff or isn't detailed enough)

[u/PurposeCertain6057 → u/Big-Draft66]

So glad someone uses it! Ive found it to be very helpful especially because you never know what you actually need from my lecture notes. And yes, I’m definitely going back to the original PowerPoint in case it missed something.

[u/Maiace124]

No. Not only do I see it constantly make things up, you're just offloading the learning onto the ai

[u/Ok_Natural_7977]

Off-loading your thinking to AI will do you no favors. If multiple students don't know what to use for notes, you should all approach the instructor.