waterstrider123 · 2022-01-23 20:47
Org Roam is marketed as a "second brain" of non-hierarchical compendium of a user's knowledge. This got me wondering if anyone tried working on a project around building an AI to read through their own org roam database and turning it into an artificial second brain that does something useful or synthesizes the knowledge in some way?
AuroraDraco · 2022-01-23 22:19
Imo, org roam takes all the stuff in your brain and stores them in an organised manner so you can use recall them when you need. It can't nor should it be able to think. If org roam does the thinking, then you stop doing the thinking, and if you stop doing the thinking, whats the point in all of this anyways.
I personally view org roam as a second brain in the means that it has endless memory and storage, but lacks the ability to think, in contrast to the human brain which has limited memory and storage (and to be honest not the largest ones) but it has the ability to think. Although it would be interesting in prospect to make an AI that processes this knowledge and possesses the ability to think, imo you kinda lose the point of note taking, cause you stop using your brain for the most part.
That's just my take though
pajuch · 2022-01-23 22:36
Related: https://github.com/meedstrom/eva
waterstrider123 · 2022-01-23 22:51
I was thinking of the AI model to enhance or augment your thinking abilities rather than replace it. I imagine that as the database gets larger, it will become difficult to understand what pieces are important or relevant to the project you are working on because even with connected nodes/links, it still becomes hard to sift through it all when the database has grown extensively. Maybe the model could act like an assistant to provide suggestions. Maybe it could provide feedback on what you know. Or some other augmentation based on your database because at the end of the day humans process info slower than computers.
I was imagining the org roam to represent the library and the AI model to be the librarian who helps guide you to the right information or provides better suggestions.