Tried reading two books recently with o1:

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society — impressed with how well it could summarize the salient points from the history without mentioning the book. Also asking it study questions (per Tyler Cowen) was useful immediately after reading to gauge comprehension.

The Iliad (Lattimore translation) — amazing to use the voice feature while reading. For example all of the epithets and patronymics are immediately translated for you with context. Also you can ask it to recite the Ancient Greek for any of the translated English lines. It’s like reading with a Classics professors on-demand. 

Overall, incredible experience. A bit sad that I missed school years with this level of AI. Makes me excited for my kids. Bearish Wikipedia rabbit holes. Bullish AI conversational rabbit holes.

Impressed with the AI's ability to summarize history and aid comprehension in reading. Excited for future possibilities