https://yanqian.github.io/topics/ai-products/Recent content in Ai-Products on Armstrong YanHugoenWed, 10 Jun 2026 15:43:19 +0800https://yanqian.github.io/posts/publish/a-podcast-summarizer-taught-me-that-summaries-are-not-understanding/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:43:19 +0800https://yanqian.github.io/posts/publish/a-podcast-summarizer-taught-me-that-summaries-are-not-understanding/<p>Someone asked me a simple question about a project on my resume:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span class="line"><span class="cl">Did this software actually solve your problem? </span></span></code></pre></div><p>It was a good question.</p> <p>The project was a podcast summarizer.</p> <p>The source code is public here: <a href="https://github.com/yanqian/podcast-summarizer" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">yanqian/podcast-summarizer</a>.</p> <p>The original idea was straightforward.</p> <p>Long audio is expensive to consume.</p> <p>If I could transcribe it, summarize it, and read the summary, then maybe I could understand the whole episode without spending an hour listening.</p>