"New to Napoleonics? Ask a Book!" Topic
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| Arjuna | 17 Mar 2023 3:55 a.m. PST |
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| 79thPA | 17 Mar 2023 6:13 a.m. PST |
The answers to my questions are truncated; I don't see why someone wouldn't use google or another search engine. |
| Brechtel198 | 17 Mar 2023 7:24 a.m. PST |
It takes more than one book on a historical period to even attempt to understand the period. |
| Murvihill | 17 Mar 2023 7:30 a.m. PST |
But you have to start somewhere… |
| Arjuna | 17 Mar 2023 9:29 a.m. PST |
It takes more than one book on a historical period to even attempt to understand the period. Absolutely.
So, where does my post say that only one book is needed to understand a historical period?
Isn't it just stated that there is only one book about Napoleonics, enhanced by an LLM AI, for now on the linked page?
And wasn't it posted on 'New to Napoleonics'?
You still have to start with your first book.
And wouldn't it be helpful to have something giving you further information on that first book you're reading?
The moment you want to know it, that is, while you're reading it.
Like, say interesting facts, films, documentaries, web links, historical sites nearby, other books, games, toy soldiers? |
| Arjuna | 17 Mar 2023 9:34 a.m. PST |
I don't see why someone wouldn't use google or another search engine Actually, I'm more interested in the potential for AI-enhanced digital products without having to switch between media.
In short, an AI companion that specializes in, for example, a book that I can have a conversation with as I read it. |
| von Winterfeldt | 17 Mar 2023 12:39 p.m. PST |
it brakes down to – interest in history as such or AI. I prefer history and ignore AI – AI would be only as good as the data it draws from, in case it uses one of the worst books of Boney, like Roberts it may be entertaining – but poor history. |
| Zephyr1 | 17 Mar 2023 2:25 p.m. PST |
"New to Napoleonics? Ask a Book!" "Napoleonics for Dummies" is finally out? Yay! ;-) |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.