Re: Toy/demo: using ChatGPT to summarize lengthy LKML threads (b4 integration)

[Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 10:22:41AM -0500, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 02:03:31PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > > I figured a number of shortcomings about this: I suspect that those
> > > most interested in such output are either, a bit like me, not much
> > > active on kernel development, or focus on a specific area and mostly
> > > want to stay aware of ongoing changes in other areas they're really
> > > not familiar with.
> > 
> > I can imagine using this sort of thing for the case where I get to my
> > inbox in the morning and there's some enormous thread appeared overnight
> > with people arguing and I'm trying to get a handle on what the various
> > subthreads are all about.  The demo didn't cover exactly that case but
> > it looked like it might be able to give some sort of useful steer.
> 
> Another use for this that I could think is a way to summarize digests.
> Currently, if you choose a digest subscription, you will receive a single
> email with message subjects and all the new messages as individual
> attachments. It would be interesting to see if we can send out a "here's
> what's new" summary with links to threads instead.

Indeed!

> The challenge would be to do it in a way that doesn't bankrupt LFIT in the
> process. :)

That's exactly why it would make sense to invest in one large machine
and let it operate locally while "only" paying the power bill.

Willy