# AI summarising a thread

**URL:** <https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/ai-summarising-a-thread/88187>\
**Category:** TrainerRoad Software\
**Tags:** feature-request\
**Created:** [November 10, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/ai-summarising-a-thread/88187 "2023-11-10T20:14:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![whojammyflip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/whojammyflip/32/12908_2.png) [@whojammyflip](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/whojammyflip)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/ai-summarising-a-thread/88187/1 "2023-11-10T20:14:51Z")

</div>

Looking at these threads is mind blowing. 1000+ replies. Is it possible for TrainerRoad to just employ some LLM, seeing as they are tech savvy, to summarise a thread.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mcneese.chad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/mcneese.chad/32/15056_2.png) [@mcneese.chad](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/mcneese.chad)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/ai-summarising-a-thread/88187/2 "2023-11-10T20:28:05Z")

</div>

Not the solution you want, but there’s a tool currently present in the Discourse app that will filter to some key comments within the longer topics.

 ![Screenshot_20231110-102414_Chrome](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/a/3/a3d178c84fde649fb113bf6b8b5dbbcd208a6ff3.jpeg)

It’s found at the bottom of the original post. Its far from perfect, but it is better than nothing for now.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Jackc70](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jackc70/32/13050_2.png) [@Jackc70](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jackc70)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/ai-summarising-a-thread/88187/3 "2025-02-18T12:16:48Z")

</div>

I’m going to bump this (I can’t believe more people haven’t asked for this). Agree with the OP, that these epic threads, as rich as they are in knowledge, are just too long to read and extract the pertinent information from. Forums are meant to be interesting and fun, it’s not PHD research!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![quasifit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b4bc9f/32.png) [@quasifit](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/quasifit)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/ai-summarising-a-thread/88187/4 "2025-02-18T16:27:13Z")

</div>

It does look like there’s an AI Summarize plugin available to be implemented. It just depends the hardware that TR is using to host this forum.

> **[Discourse AI - Summarize](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-summarize/262711)**
>
> 🔖 This topic covers the configuration of the Summarize feature of the Discourse AI plugin. 🙋 Required user level: Administrator Summarize topics and chat channels for a quick recap. Use it in mega topics and large discussions to figure out...

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lloydrm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@lloydrm](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/lloydrm)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/ai-summarising-a-thread/88187/5 "2025-02-18T19:52:06Z")

</div>

I agree with the OP, and I LOVE PhD research.  
Selecting the right criteria to pick what is relevant will be challenging. For example, it’s common knowledge that popular posts aren’t always knowledge-rich. Not very distant from real life interaction.