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Show HN: Classic philosophy books made easy using AI

6 pointsby dylanjcastilloabout 1 year ago
I like reading old books, but I often struggle with them because of the archaic language they use. I thought that LLMs might be a way to improve this, so I started working on AItheneum. It&#x27;s a library of classic philosophy books enhanced with LLMs.<p>So far it has three features:<p>- Reading level: It displays the original text alongside two simplified versions (&quot;medium&quot; and &quot;easy&quot; levels).<p>- Explain: Highlight a section of the text, and you can ask it to explain that extract for you.<p>- Search: Search for specific themes within the book (e.g., &quot;religion,&quot; &quot;purpose of life&quot;) and get relevant sections highlighted.<p>I&#x27;ve only added the First part of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and I&#x27;m working on adding more sections of it and more books. But I thought others might find it interesting as it is right now.<p>Some of the translations and explanations are not that accurate, and the search feature is a bit confusing. But I&#x27;m working on it, and I&#x27;d love to hear your feedback.

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edweisabout 1 year ago
UI tip: let us know what the emojis mean after we closed the help modal. I can&#x27;t tell which one is which.
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Major_Groovesabout 1 year ago
Sounds a bit like Blinkist for the classics. Nice idea.