Is Google NotebookLM the New CliffsNotes? [Video]

Do you remember CliffsNotes?

The iconic yellow-and-black books summarized all manner of literary works. They digested the plot and detailed the themes and symbolism. CliffsNotes referred to them as “study guides,” but many used them to get around reading the full-length version.

(Fun fact: CliffsNotes started in 1958 with a whole line of Shakespeare summaries and continues publishing today.)

Critics of CliffsNotes argue that the surface analysis loses many of the nuances and themes of the work. Teachers and others considered using CliffsNotes as cheating. But that wasn’t really what many students were thinking when they read the CliffsNotes the night before an assignment was due.

CliffsNotes came back in our mind with the latest conversations about NotebookLM from Google. It’s taking the business world by storm, so we asked Robert Rose, CMI’s chief strategy advisor, for his take. Read on or watch this video:

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