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Researcher uses NotebookLM to turn a recent paper on human cooperation into an explainer video for the public

To share their science with a general audience, a researcher uploaded one of their recent papers on human cooperation to NotebookLM and had it create an explainer video.

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NotebookLM

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@ErdemPulcu · Jul 15, 2026

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TL;DR

What did @ErdemPulcu use NotebookLM for?

To share their science with a general audience, a researcher uploaded one of their recent papers on human cooperation to NotebookLM and had it create an explainer video. They shared the video, saying it's not always perfect: it starts a bit exaggerated but brings it together later on.

What they did

They used NotebookLM to create an explainer video of one of their recent papers on human cooperation, as public engagement for science.

How it went

They shared the video, saying it's not always perfect: it starts a bit exaggerated but brings it together later on.

Worth knowing

  • In their own words, the video can start a bit exaggerated. Watch it all the way through before posting, since AI summaries can overstate findings, which matters for science aimed at the public.

Try it yourself

Paste this into a chatbot, then add your own details underneath.

Create a short explainer video of this paper for a general audience with no science background. Explain the question, what we did and what we found in plain language, use one everyday example, avoid overstating the results, and end with one honest limitation of the study.

Original post

See @ErdemPulcu's original post on X → (Jul 15, 2026)

Sources

  1. @ErdemPulcu on X, Jul 15, 2026 — the original post

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