How to Master Any Topic Using Perplexity.ai & Notebook LM
Description
Students and curious learners, buckle up. In this solo walkthrough, I share my end-to-end AI study workflow, from finding credible sources to locking them into memory, using two free tools you can start with today:
- Perplexity.ai – the research power-house that surfaces sources and cites them.
- Notebook LM (Google beta) – your personal reading coach, audiobook narrator, quiz-master and mind-mapping sidekick.
What you'll learn
- Prompt like a pro – the exact template I drop into Perplexity to get PhD-level briefs.
- Turn dense PDFs into podcasts – let Notebook LM read any doc aloud while you cook, drive or walk.
- Generate study guides & self-quizzes in seconds –spaced-repetition without the flash-card grunt-work.
- Visual aids & mind-mapping – why teaching the material back to yourself locks it in.
- A peek at where AI learning is headed next (multi-modal, voice-first, real-time).
Chapters
00:00 Introduction – How AI can super-charge your learning skills
01:00 Perplexity.ai – Researching any topic
04:56 Notebook LM – Reading, retaining & understanding information
09:21 Demo: Notebook LM’s audio function
10:22 Overview of other Notebook LM features
14:09 Visual aids & mind-mapping
14:31 The future of AI in learning
16:20 “My Way or the AI Way” remix (courtesy of Mubert)
Resources and Links
- Perplexity.ai (free) → https://www.perplexity.ai
- Notebook LM (Google beta) → https://notebook.google.com/lm
- Huberman Lab episode on Study Protocols for learning & memory → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddq8JIMhz7c
Key Take-aways
- Context is king: richer prompts = richer answers.
- Audio + active recall beats passive reading.
- The Research, Reading and Revision steps are merging into one AI-assisted loop—and early adopters win.
👉 Try It & Tell Me
Put the workflow to the test on your next big topic (exam, project, hobby) and DM me on LinkedIn: Which part saved you the most time?
If you need the prompt pack or slide deck, just ask - happy to share.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davisonscott/
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