Using actualized.org video summaries with an llm that you talk to frequently

[DMM710]

Recently I've been messing around with this summary feature on Leo's YouTube videos. For example, I summarized the 3 survival videos, copy pasted each into ChatGPT who I've talked to extensively about personal development related things, and asked it to point out what survival strategies I might have. I was thinking you could summarize the "life is a maze" video, and ask it to help me figure out specific things might help with your specific situation. Or maybe the how to contemplate video. Ask what things to contemplate, and how it might look like for whatever thing you're trying to contemplaye. I Feel like there are a lot of interesting possibilities with this feature. Has anyone else messed around with this summary feature at all?

 

Edited Thursday at 01:41 AM by DMM710

[YIDIRYIDIR]

it depends on the prompt and instructions you give it. the more detailed the better. 
I've been using it for this specific scenario and God damn how much does it amplify my understanding and how much i get from those videos. 

since all of Leo's videos are almost all connected to each other, the best technique i use so far is taking the transcript of 3 or 4 videos, give them to AI and tell it to pull from them and synthesize the information in them in order for me to understand or make sense of something. 

I end up articulating the insights so much better and clearer and coming up with new ones after connecting so many dots. 

for example, i took the transcripts of 4 videos: 

1.Self-Love - The Highest Teaching In The Universe
2.Overcoming Addiction - The Root Cause Of Every Addiction
3.How To Deal With Loneliness - Especially While Self-Actualizing
4.Spiral Dynamics - Stage Yellow

and told it to help me understand connection and what does it mean to be happy on your own without needing human connection and how one can regulate their nervous system without co-regulation. 
I gave it context of my life, context of what got me to be curious about that, constraints, gave it instructions on how to speak, level of depth, style, what to do and what not to do...etc.

so many dots connected in one conversation, and i kept getting insights over and over after days from just that conversation.

Of course i watched all those videos before, this just amplifies their value. 

Edited Thursday at 02:11 AM by YIDIRYIDIR

[DMM710]

I had this idea to write a python script that loops over each video, transcribing it, splitting it into chunks, and using it for RAG. Imagine a chatbot that has access to everything leo ever said across all of his videos. I wonder if that would work, or if something more targetted like we're kinda talking about here already does a better job

Edited Thursday at 02:08 AM by DMM710

[YIDIRYIDIR]

@DMM710 yeah it would be like talking to a version of Leo himself. so many business owners, consultants, experts... already do that, they make a a digital avatar and feed it all the knowledge they have and sell it to people as a chatbot they can ask questions and stuff. i don't know how efficient it is though. 

[DMM710]

8 minutes ago, YIDIRYIDIR said:

@DMM710 yeah it would be like talking to a version of Leo himself. so many business owners, consultants, experts... already do that, they make a a digital avatar and feed it all the knowledge they have and sell it to people as a chatbot they can ask questions and stuff. i don't know how efficient it is though. 

Damn yeah that makes sense. Interesting for sure, but hard to justify the time investment when it could just end up being bad. Maybe one day

Edited Thursday at 02:25 AM by DMM710

[LordFall]

I think it would be valuable in a quiz format since Leo is not available to talk to all the time but an AI with the content that you could talk to is well the future of all coaching and education I believe. Be careful with simple summarization though, that's more like bastardization than a smart way to interact with the content. I once shared something from the Lean Startup by Eric Ries in a business chat that I run. One of the guys just sent me a chatGPT summary with top 5 key points from the book and said look bro i know that this talks about I don't need to read it. 

Needless to say that guy is struggling in business. 

[Leo Gura]

I am literally available on here to answer questions, and people hardly ask me serious questions.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

34 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I am literally available on here to answer questions, and people hardly ask me serious questions.

Maybe the want the LLM sycophantic Leo 

🤢🤮

Instant gratification on demand is what kids want these days. Can't wait 30 minutes for Leo, need NOW

Edited Friday at 09:36 PM by Natasha Tori Maru

[DMM710]

@Leo Gura

Yeah, but you're not gonna really sit there and talk to me about my specific situation I'm depth without delay like an llm would. So if you talk about survival strategies, maybe I won't think of all the ways it applies to me. Maybe ChatGPT with some of the video context & personal context could point out things I would normally miss on my own, or maybe it could help me find things faster. Your videos kinda do the same thing in a way, right? You point to some truth, and then we kinda look for what you're pointing to on our own. I think it just plays a different role then posting a question here in a public setting. From my perspective I watch the video - > think about what you say - > try to think of how it applies to my life. I have this tool that knows a bunch about me, so why wouldn't I just throw all that context in there and be like "yo how does this apply to me?" Or "what survival strategies do I have?"

Edited Saturday at 02:06 PM by DMM710

[DMM710]

On 2/20/2026 at 4:25 PM, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Maybe the want the LLM sycophantic Leo 

🤢🤮

Instant gratification on demand is what kids want these days. Can't wait 30 minutes for Leo, need NOW

I mean if you're in this forum and you've followed Leo for years, odds we've seen a lot of the same stuff when it comes to determining what's true or not. It can be sycophantic, but you can correct that as long as you don't go at it with your brain turned off

Edited Saturday at 10:11 PM by DMM710

[Butters]

It might be more useful with rigid / rules based stuff. For example: I followed this course in cold outreach and I imported all the videos into NotebookLM. This way I can go there and always ask "is this cold email good?" and it will correct me. But I've used it with spiritual teachers as well. Just make sure you use NotebookLM because it tends to stick to the supplied material. 

[YIDIRYIDIR]

21 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Maybe the want the LLM sycophantic Leo 

🤢🤮

Instant gratification on demand is what kids want these days. Can't wait 30 minutes for Leo, need NOW

See, you accuse us, kids, with seeking instant gratification on demand? look at what you did:

you chose a thoughtful, understanding route where you think a bit before commenting? NOPE

you chose a lazy, reactive instant thoughts that come to the head route full of assumptions and projections.? YES

Edited Saturday at 06:33 PM by YIDIRYIDIR

[YIDIRYIDIR]

20 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I am literally available on here to answer questions, and people hardly ask me serious questions.

I sure will ask more questions, roger that.

but AI is great as well in contemplation and connecting dots, I'm a writer so it is very helpful, it amplifies my creativity and workflow. 

[YIDIRYIDIR]

@DMM710 you're right. also, both aren't mutually exclusive. we can ask Leo and use AI as well