Google's experiment which allows users to interact with books in an entirely new wayTalk to Books is Google’s experiment that allows users to interact with books in an entirely new way. You can ask questions or make statements, with the AI searching for conversational responses from its vast index of over 100,000 books. The idea is not to point you toward a list of books containing your answers but to provide actual excerpts from books that best respond to your queryβ.
The AI behind Talk to Books relies on semantic analysis, and it can understand the meaning and context of your questions. So, when you ask a question – it won’t look for the most authoritative or on-topic book. Instead, it will assess how well each sentence from its book library pairs up with your query. However, it’s worth adding that because of this method, sometimes the responses might fail to hit the mark or might be taken entirely out of context.
Even though it’s Google’s service, Talk to Books doesn’t work like a traditional Google search. You shouldn’t enter keywords but phrase your queries conversationally as if you’re talking to a friend. The more natural your question, the better the AI can understand and respond to itβ.
And while you can use Talk to Books as a learning tool, it is best used to find specific answers. Even more, as they like to put it, the tool is meant to stimulate thought, curiosity, and exploration by providing responses that might lead to new insights.
To sum it up, Google’s Talk to Books is a fun tool that lets you talk with books. At its best, it will stimulate creativity, enhance learning, and encourage exploration.
What are the key features?
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- Talk to books: Thanks to the use of advanced AI, Talk to Books can understand your queries and provide answers from its vast library of books.
- Natural language queries: This is not a search engine, and you shouldn't treat it as one. Instead of querying with keywords, you should use natural language to ask questions (and get answers).
- Trained on human conversations: The tool's AI model has been trained on human conversations helping it understand the context of your questions to provide relevant responses.
- Actual passages as answers: Talk to Books goes beyond providing a list of books - it will cite actual passages from books that best respond to your query.
- An invite to learn more: The tool provides sample queries to help you get started, and you are also encouraged to experiment with different wordings to see how the responses vary.
Who is it for?
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Google made Talk to Books as an experimental tool and everyone can use it. Students will be among those to benefit the most as it can return them passages from books they need to study. And the same goes for researchers, journalists, bloggers, news editors, and so on. Actually, it offers something for the general population, allowing them to access the vast knowledge stored in Google's (also vast) book library.
Examples of what you can use it for
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- Get answers from the vast library of books
- Learn new things
- Gather definitions by conversing with AI
- Discover new books and authors
Pros & Cons
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- It's free to use for everyone
- Amazing tool for students and research
- The algorithm is constantly learning and improving
- Sometimes its responses can be off-topic or nonsensical
Last update:
October 23, 2024