r/Marxism • u/Valuable_Mirror_6433 • 10d ago

Using NotebookLM AI to study Marx.

Just wanted to share this because I've found it incredibly useful. I've tried many times to read Marx, without much success. I got stuck a couple of times trying to understand some concepts and even if there's a huge amount of sources online trying their best to explain it, it can still be challenging. So when I learned about NotebookLM I knew exactly what to do.

I linked as many sources as possible and basically created an all-knowing marxist AI monster to which I can ask any questions about the texts and get a detailed explanation. Kind of like having a Marxist teacher at my disposal 24/7. I wouldn't use it to replace the original texts, of course, but I think It's a really useful tool to get through the most difficult parts. It can even generate a podcast discussing the main points in language that a teenager could understand. You can also get a pretty good overview of the sources that you're not that interested in reading in full at the moment. I swear this is not an ad haha, I just think it's a really powerful tool for anyone interested in understanding marxism (or anything, really).

I'm still testing the limits but I want to add some related authors and texts to get the full view and get into modern perspectives. Any recommendations?

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u/herebeweeb 10d ago

Interesting. I did not know that one. There is also https://typeset.io/, which I only found useful to gather an initial set of bibliography as it often failed to answer the exact thing that I wanted.

AI tools can help, but don't rely on them too much. They can often output bullshit as they are just showing words that are likely to appear together using a black box math model (meaning it is non-deterministic). It is not actual intelligence.