As a visual person I love Mind Maps. They’re a great way to visually organize complex ideas.
This got me thinking — Is it possible to get ChatGPT to generate a mind map highlighting the key concepts in a Youtube Video? Yes!
Getting Started
You will need:
- ChatGPT 4
- VoxScript plugin (search ChatGPT plugin store for “VoxScript”)
- https://mermaid.live/
Mermaid
Mermaid is a JavaScript based diagramming and charting tool that uses Markdown-inspired text definitions and a renderer to create and modify complex diagrams. The main purpose of Mermaid is to help documentation catch up with development. mermaid.live takes the mermaid plain text format and creates visuals.
That’s about as much as you need to know to accomplish the task, but if you’re interested in learning more about the format read their docs.
VoxScript
VoxScript is a plugin that converts a YouTube url into a transcript, which ChatGPT can use as context to complete your prompt. This is really handy for a number of tasks, including summarizing long youtube videos, pulling out key insights, or creating outlines. For this, we’ll be using it to give ChatGPT the context it needs to generate a mind map.
Prompt
The prompt for this is simple. We start by giving ChatGPT the instruction to read the transcript of a video, extract key concepts, and convert those into a mermaid mind map format. To insure ChatGPT understands this format we provide an example.
Or in plain text:
Output the following request in Mermaid Live Editor code targeting the "mindmap" format. Get the entire transcript for this video: [VIDEO] then extract the key concepts, why they're imporant, related information, and make logical connections. If you're unfamiliar with the mindmap diagram, I'll provide an example: """ mindmap root((mindmap)) Origins Long history ::icon(fa fa-book) Popularisation British popular psychology author Tony Buzan Research On effectiveness<br/>and features On Automatic creation Uses Creative techniques Strategic planning Argument mapping Tools Pen and paper Mermaid """ VIDEO = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Q5a1Vn-Hk After VoxScript provides the transcript for context, ChatGPT should return something that looks like this:
mindmap root((Inside OpenAI)) OpenAI Origins ChatGPT & Dall-E Monster Hits Beat Tech Giants to Market Mira Marathi Chief Architect behind OpenAI's strategy AI that loves Humanity Challenges Hallucination Truthfulness Reliability AI Capabilities Neural Network Trained on massive data Predict next word in sentence ChatGPT Different way to understand information Intuitive searching vs keyword-based Misinformation AI can make up things (hallucinations) Need for awareness and not blindly relying on AI AI & Society Relationships with AI AI as a reliable tool AI's impact on jobs New jobs like prompt engineering AI's challenges Handling misinformation Addressing biases AI Gold Rush Venture Capitalists Investing in AI startups Blitzscaling Prioritizing speed over efficiency AI's potential Co-pilot for every profession Generative AI's broad touch Global Perspective AI's global impact Building industries of the future Responsible Innovation Need for trusted authority to audit AI systems AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) Risks Potential for human extinction Misalignment of goals between AI and humans Predictions Still far from AGI Powerful systems in the future Simply copy and paste it to mermaid.live and it will generate your mind map:
That’s it! With a plugin and a simple prompt we can create meaningful mind map representations of complex ideas in YouTube videos.
I encourage you to modify the prompt to see if you get better results and share those in the comments.
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