Convert YouTube videos into Mind Maps using ChatGPT
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!
TL;DR
Using ChatGPT 4, VoxScript plugin, https://mermaid.live/, and a helpful prompt you can achieve just this!
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-HkAfter 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 futureSimply 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.
