Good looking out Adam. I am a collector, not a dealer, but I didn't even think of AI along these terms. Thanks for the video it will prove a great resource for rare and scarce book dealers and collectors.
🐘ChatGPT is fascinating to me. I have my own thoughts about AI but I won't bore you with them. I would really enjoy the book you are giving away. Today I followed you on TH-cam and TikTok and I am going to share one of your videos on my Instagram page 💚💜 These hearts should leave little doubt as to who I am.
Great video! I've been experimenting with this new feature, too, and I've been just as impressed. One example: I uploaded the image of a woodcut from a 1486/7 Koberger bible (with commentaries of Nicholas de Lyra). Not only did it interpret the woodcut correctly, but, without asking, it also translated the Latin text beneath after successfully reading the ornate gothic type (and filling in all the abbreviations, too). Unbelievable.
Very informative, Adam. I’ll have to give it a try. As a collector I often times don’t even know what I have sitting on my shelf because of various reasons: can’t read Latin, Greek, etc… and google spits out sometimes nonsensical gibberish. This will help me understand what book I have other than it just being old and pretty. Thank you!
Ich glaube, Sie geben sich zu wenig Mühe. Latein und Griechisch kann man selbstverständlich lernen, genauso wie Englisch oder Deutsch. Warum horten Sie Bücher, wenn Sie die gar nicht lesen können? Und nehmen Sie damit anderen Leuten weg, die sie lesen könnten und vielleicht vergeblich suchen?
I had asked it about an old text and received the answer which I was very happy about. When I went back to look at it I noticed someone must be flagging ancient religious texts as violating community guidelines. It was very concerning. It had flagged its own historically accurate response.
Awesome video! Glad to see you uploading again! Adam, i have a really interesting complete sample book from the 1900's. It portrays the amazing Madison Square Theatre; I understand this theater had a significant theatrical influence. It also includes other very interesting companies all located in Broadway, New York. I was hoping you can help determine the rarity and value of this sample book, if it even is one. Thank you for time and intriguing videos!
I think I'm going to give ChatGPT a try and see if it can maybe help me track down a book I've been attempting to locate for close to decade now. It's one of those frustrating cases where neither the title nor the author is known and all I have is a vague recollection of some of its contents. Awesome to see you back making videos again, and with such an interesting topic too :D
Welcome back!!! I enjoyed the video and have been watching your videos since I spotted you on an early episode of Pawn Stars. The technological implications of ChatGPT are both intriguing and a bit alarming. I do think that technology will play a large role in the bookselling trade going forward. But remember, several libraries jumped ship when digital readers first debuted, converting their collections to digital...and look how that worked out!! Keep up the good work.
Very interesting. I've used GPT3.5 a bit, but haven't used 4 very much (and did not know this feature was introduced). I'm curious how it would do if you provide it a page from a manuscript or ledger. Since in this case it only had a single written name I could see it having issues, but if it had a whole page of handwriting from one person, I would think it could recognize the writing pattern fairly well and discern what is written much more accurately than an average person. I would be curious to see if you gave it a page from that Georgian manuscript you posted a short on the other day and asked it for an English translation if it would be able to give you anything meaningful.
Very impressive. I have heard they are ramping up for GPT5 next year. It will be interesting to see how much more powerful it becomes. I'll probably try this out on a judge's ledger from the early 1800s I have that I have been too lazy/busy to try and transcribe myself.@@RareBookBuyer
This may be your most interesting video, yet. One would think that A.I. would take much of the excitement out of doing personal research. As seen from your short video, I would be incorrect in my rash assessment.
Yes that is important to remember. As an interpreter and translator by profession I see people putting text thru computer generated translation tools and publishing it without a human editor. Big mistake, as yes, they are improving but they are not completely accurate.
Thank you Adam for sharing this information!
This is very interesting! Thank you continuing to show us the tools and technology you are using to help us learn about the rare book trade.
This use of ai would have me lost for days! Thank you for sharing.
I love discussing my old books with ChatGPT, esp to learn historical context and discover connections between books and events
That was any good use case I was going to discuss - AI conversation. Marketing and asking for elevator pitches for a bookseller is also fun.
I also am interested in AI as used for research images from my collection
Unbelievable!!! thanks for showing.
Good looking out Adam. I am a collector, not a dealer, but I didn't even think of AI along these terms. Thanks for the video it will prove a great resource for rare and scarce book dealers and collectors.
Yes it was meant for collectors as well. Thank you for watching
Adam I love your videos and it’s always fun to listen to you speak about books!
Nice to see you again Adam from across the pond.
Thank you
Awesome subject matter!
🐘ChatGPT is fascinating to me. I have my own thoughts about AI but I won't bore you with them. I would really enjoy the book you are giving away. Today I followed you on TH-cam and TikTok and I am going to share one of your videos on my Instagram page 💚💜 These hearts should leave little doubt as to who I am.
Thank you for all you share so generously 🙏
Great video! I've been experimenting with this new feature, too, and I've been just as impressed. One example: I uploaded the image of a woodcut from a 1486/7 Koberger bible (with commentaries of Nicholas de Lyra). Not only did it interpret the woodcut correctly, but, without asking, it also translated the Latin text beneath after successfully reading the ornate gothic type (and filling in all the abbreviations, too). Unbelievable.
Thanks for making me more receptive, well, more open-minded to AI/ChatGPT Adam. I've been so anti-AI. It's an amazing tool. xxx
This is absolutely amazing! Great instructional video. I think I'll upgrade to GPT-4 based on this new feature. Thanks so much, Adam!
Thanks. They will pay me 3.1415926 cents for everyone that signs up. If you ask me the affiliate marketing fee is irrational
@@RareBookBuyer Affiliate marketing fees are pi in the sky!!!
This is very exciting. I’ll have to subscribe. Amazing that it can analyze such rare material from so long ago.
Very informative, Adam. I’ll have to give it a try. As a collector I often times don’t even know what I have sitting on my shelf because of various reasons: can’t read Latin, Greek, etc… and google spits out sometimes nonsensical gibberish. This will help me understand what book I have other than it just being old and pretty. Thank you!
Ich glaube, Sie geben sich zu wenig Mühe. Latein und Griechisch kann man selbstverständlich lernen, genauso wie Englisch oder Deutsch. Warum horten Sie Bücher, wenn Sie die gar nicht lesen können? Und nehmen Sie damit anderen Leuten weg, die sie lesen könnten und vielleicht vergeblich suchen?
Hence, the implementation of the 'off ramp'.
I had asked it about an old text and received the answer which I was very happy about. When I went back to look at it I noticed someone must be flagging ancient religious texts as violating community guidelines. It was very concerning. It had flagged its own historically accurate response.
Awesome video! Glad to see you uploading again! Adam, i have a really interesting complete sample book from the 1900's. It portrays the amazing Madison Square Theatre; I understand this theater had a significant theatrical influence. It also includes other very interesting companies all located in Broadway, New York. I was hoping you can help determine the rarity and value of this sample book, if it even is one. Thank you for time and intriguing videos!
Thanks . Feel free to email photos and I will look . Webuyrarebooks@gmail.com
I think I'm going to give ChatGPT a try and see if it can maybe help me track down a book I've been attempting to locate for close to decade now. It's one of those frustrating cases where neither the title nor the author is known and all I have is a vague recollection of some of its contents. Awesome to see you back making videos again, and with such an interesting topic too :D
Have you posted on r/tip of my tongue on reddit
That is actually something I haven't tried yet 🤔 Will give that a go. Thanks for the tip, much appreciated!@@StephenRain-v1u
Welcome back!!! I enjoyed the video and have been watching your videos since I spotted you on an early episode of Pawn Stars. The technological implications of ChatGPT are both intriguing and a bit alarming. I do think that technology will play a large role in the bookselling trade going forward. But remember, several libraries jumped ship when digital readers first debuted, converting their collections to digital...and look how that worked out!! Keep up the good work.
Things like ChatGPT is going to open so many doors. It’s not perfect but can be so useful.
Looking forward to the book giveaway
Have you ever heard of a book called The Vertical Plane?
Very interesting. I've used GPT3.5 a bit, but haven't used 4 very much (and did not know this feature was introduced). I'm curious how it would do if you provide it a page from a manuscript or ledger. Since in this case it only had a single written name I could see it having issues, but if it had a whole page of handwriting from one person, I would think it could recognize the writing pattern fairly well and discern what is written much more accurately than an average person.
I would be curious to see if you gave it a page from that Georgian manuscript you posted a short on the other day and asked it for an English translation if it would be able to give you anything meaningful.
I tried that and it did a decent job. Some gibberish but it got its basic content
Very impressive. I have heard they are ramping up for GPT5 next year. It will be interesting to see how much more powerful it becomes. I'll probably try this out on a judge's ledger from the early 1800s I have that I have been too lazy/busy to try and transcribe myself.@@RareBookBuyer
This may be your most interesting video, yet. One would think that A.I. would take much of the excitement out of doing personal research. As seen from your short video, I would be incorrect in my rash assessment.
Yes these tools tend to more unexpected provide opportunity than expected as they evolve.
When I saw the title of this video, I assumed you were going to be exploring AI use in archiving books
hey, just subscribed, great stuff you are doing. I just think you should record your video with pro microphone. Hope it can be improved :)
I suck at the sound thing. But I will work on that when I get time
I’ve been using ai to find books
Yo yo (Merry Christmas)
Whilst impressive do remember it can hallucinate facts
It is improving quickly in that respect
Yes that is important to remember. As an interpreter and translator by profession I see people putting text thru computer generated translation tools and publishing it without a human editor. Big mistake, as yes, they are improving but they are not completely accurate.
I love your contents, but if you want something intriguing, are you aware that you kind of look and sound like Barry Kripke of The Big Bang Theory?