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Self building and house renovation is a challenging process. Its disruptive, messy, expensive, upsetting, uplifting, funny, infuriating - but not necessarily in that order. This website is a fantastic resource - full of information, images, reassurance, leg-pulling, constructive criticism , technical advice --- and words. Yes - words: millions of them. Millions of words some relevant, others not. Some elegantly put, others tumble from upset lips into type and onto the screen. The Submit Topic button pressed in haste. Simply put, a bit like Handle's criticism of one of Mozart's work, there are too many words here. Thats why it takes a good deal of time and effort to 'get-in-to-Buildhub'. There's a new information handling tool on the block. AI. Artificial Intelligence. Duno about you, but I need no excuse to try out a new tool, so here's a quick introduction to one (of many). The end in mind is to help new members 'get-in-to-Buildhub' by using a publicly available information handling tool called NotebookLM . I have deliberately not linked to it because I am sure there are other competing AIs that do the same job. I just haven't found them yet. And if you want to use it, you can search for it in the normal way. You may not like the company that makes it - to me that doesn't matter: what does matter though is for New Members (and others) to use a tool to make their visit to Buildhub as productive as possible. The key thing is to promote the idea that AI can help New Members feel less overwhelmed by the Information Handling task posed by self-building. Problem Statement Your new to BH and you want to find out about Natural England's guidance about nutrient pollution (other threads are available 😑) And you bump into @Bob the builder's thread on the subject . It's six pages long - and you haven't got time to read it. Using NotebookLM Copy and paste the url (weblink , hyperlink) into NotebookLM Press Go> and this happens The text of the entire thread is summarised One button allows you to create a briefing document that summarise the thread AND LINKED DOCUMENTS The tool will create an audio version of the same discussion played in the format of a Podcast - it takes a minute or two, but you can put your earbuds in and listen to the article if you want There's so much more to say about AI and Buildhub. This post is already too long. I'm merely introducing it as a POTENTIAL tool for members to use - or not as they see fit. Yes, it'll make mistakes. Yes, we all need to be cautious about the output. I would love people who use AI in their normal workflow to contribute to this thread if they have time. Please. Anything that makes Buildhub easier to use. Ian