I admit I’m not someone who uses NotebookLM much, but after hearing so often on IA Sob Controle how good the tool is, I ran a test, and it really is another level for those who already have the sources.
What I did:
- we put together a 6-hour immersion on GenAI at FGV EPPG - Escola de Políticas Públicas e Governo and recorded it — it came to almost 7 hours.
- After that, I dropped the audio and the sources I used into NotebookLM.
- I asked it to create an introductory video on context engineering and one on RAG. And a mind map as well
I was impressed. MUCH better than me explaining. It’ll help a lot the next times I run the immersion. Of course, there’s always that sensationalism from the models… “revolutionizing… fundamental… impressive…”. I won’t lie, that tires me a bit, but it’s still much better than me explaining.
We should run some immersion classes at FGV-EPPG, if anyone is interested.
For those who want to see the generated introductory video — with no extra instructions, just the “click”.
The original post includes a video.
Originally written in Portuguese and published on LinkedIn on October 6, 2025. I translated it into English with the help of AI (Claude): it let me bring my LinkedIn posts to people who don’t read Portuguese without rewriting each one from scratch. I reviewed the translation to keep my original meaning and tone.