[AI Course] How to Make the Most of NotebookLM @ Sour Cherries🍒

Gemini is also one of Google's services.
NotebookLM is the same, so if you have a Google account, you can use it right away.

The feature of NotebookLM isthat it allows you to get answers and organize necessary information solely from the data you have fed into NotebookLM.

Since Gemini and ChatGPT derive answers from vast amounts of past information, sometimes they come up with things that aren't quite right.

I think that's hard to understand, so let's try it with a real example.

The information I will cite is

"Sour Cherries🍒"

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First, copy the information you want to feed into it.

I will "copy" this URL and paste it into NotebookLM.
This means 170 articles will be ingested in their entirety.
The AI won't search for "sour" or "cherry"—words not found here—and get confused; it will purely ingest the information from the articles registered in Urimo-san's magazine into NotebookLM.
Even without giving any instructions, a summary of the 170 articles was generated.

It's tough to read all the articles now, isn't it? Starting with an overview of "Sour" might make you think, "Which article should I read?" or "Maybe I'll follow Uri's character."
#It's difficult to do now, right?

You can create the "slide materials" I introduced previously in NotebookLM.

▲ These are slides I made by feeding in only my articles.
▼ These are slides made by feeding in 170 articles.

The content is quite thin, but the overall picture is easier to understand than looking at text, isn't it?

▼ You can also do video commentary with NotebookLM.

Creating the video took quite a bit of time.

Let's give further instructions to NotebookLM.

1. Passionate about band activities in high school: He formed a band with his best friend Aku and others. This band was called "Misutta Cheriyanen" (commonly known as Misucheri) and performed at events like the school festival and the "Kuririsuma Party."
2. Very active (and pushy) regarding romance: He tends to take bold actions toward the girls he likes. For example, he takes the initiative by stealing Ayako's cola can for an indirect kiss or approaching Tetsuko.
3. Has the bravery and kindness to help those in trouble: There is an episode where he helped an old woman who had collapsed on the side of the road. Also, the girl Tetsuko once described him as "courageous," including his pushy romantic approach.
4. Has a habit of approaching girls that makes them suspect him of "two-timing": Because he approached Tetsuko while also approaching Ayako, Tetsuko saw this and became suspicious, asking, **"Wait... are you two-timing...?"**
5. Currently a father telling his son about his past heroic tales: He is now a father of a son and a daughter, and he shows his eldest son, Mahito, his graduation album while telling him about how he was "popular" and about his band.
If you were to describe Morio Uri in one word, it would be **"a person who ran through his youth with all his might, sour but straightforward."** His actions during his high school days truly embody the theme of this story: "The sourer it is, the brighter it shines."

Amazing! That's crazy!

It might also be fun to ask how your own character (Yoshida, in my case) developed throughout the story.

Regarding your question about "who Sawako Ta liked" and "whether the other person was Uri," I will answer based on the provided sources.

In conclusion, within the scope of the sources, there is no specific description of who Sawako Ta had romantic feelings for. Furthermore, there is no information to support a romantic relationship with Morio Uri.

The detailed situation is as follows.

Regarding Sawako Ta's feelings

The episodes about Sawako Ta in the sources mainly focus on her school life and her relationship with her grandmother.

• Thoughts on school life: Although she didn't enjoy school events much in her first year, the "Christmas Party" in her second year depicts a change in her heart, where she felt a sense of unity like a school festival and fully enjoyed the event.

• Love for her grandmother: She lived with her grandmother Teiko at Tanariki High School and stayed together until her grandmother "graduated" at the age of 100. Even in episodes after graduation, there are descriptions of her remembering her late grandmother, emphasizing the bond with her family.

Regarding Morio Uri's romantic interests

There is a clear record of who Morio Uri approached, but Sawako Ta's name is not included there.

• 1st person, Ayako: He approached her twice, but it ended in heartbreak.

• 2nd person, Tetsuko: He approached her, but there were twists and turns, such as being suspected of two-timing with Ayako.

• 3rd person, Keiko: After helping an old woman who collapsed on the side of the road, interactions such as getting a ride on Keiko's motorcycle are depicted.

Conclusion

Based on the sources, Sawako Ta's story is depicted with more emphasis on "fulfillment in school life" and "a special bond with her grandmother who lived to be 108" rather than "love for someone." Therefore, the fact that she liked Uri cannot be confirmed from the sources.

To use an analogy, Sawako Ta's story is like a "gentle watercolor painting that colors the background of youth." It is not a flashy romantic drama (oil painting) with a specific person, but centers on quiet and warm movements of the heart that cherish the place called school and the existence of family.

Convenient!

It's an event from a year ago, but since Christmas🤶 is coming up, give NotebookLM a try for the sake of nostalgia.