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ArxivGPT: Chrome extension that summarizes arxived research papers using ChatGPT

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Re: ArxivGPT: Chrome extension that summarizes arxived research papers using ChatGPT

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Post by elashri »

muzani wrote: post #4
aix1 wrote: post #2

Isn't this what abstracts are for?

One of my first serious uses for GPT is summarizing the abstracts too.

I don't think it is seroud. Abstract are usually tends to be a short summary. In many cases it is a short paragraph. I was skimming on arxiv before I opened HN now and saw a couple of abstracts that are 4-5 sentences. Are ChatGPT going to write a one sentence summary or will the summary of the summary be comparable or longer?

Re: ArxivGPT: Chrome extension that summarizes arxived research papers using ChatGPT

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Post by krageon »

elashri wrote: post #11
muzani wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of my first serious uses for GPT is summarizing the abstracts too.

I don't think it is seroud. Abstract are usually tends to be a short summary. In many cases it is a short paragraph. I was skimming on arxiv before I opened HN now and saw a couple of abstracts that are 4-5 sentences. Are ChatGPT going to write a one sentence summary or will the summary of the summary be comparable or longer?

Abstracts can also be close to a full page long. While this doesn't have to be bad, it's usually more information you're looking for (especially if you were only going to read the abstract anyway).

Re: ArxivGPT: Chrome extension that summarizes arxived research papers using ChatGPT

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Post by aflag »

herbst wrote: post #16

Ive used ChatGPT to make short factual videos for YouTube and honestly it's a bit worrying with supposed 'facts' I would not suggest anyone to use ChatGPT outputs for actual knowledge at this point.

You can use it for that, but you have to test its claims. It's specially helpful with questions that would take a lot of research to find the answer, but which are easier to test. That could be a good thing overall. If people get used to always testing everything anyone tells them, people will be a lot better informed.

Re: ArxivGPT: Chrome extension that summarizes arxived research papers using ChatGPT

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Post by Baeocystin »

herbst wrote: post #16

Ive used ChatGPT to make short factual videos for YouTube and honestly it's a bit worrying with supposed 'facts' I would not suggest anyone to use ChatGPT outputs for actual knowledge at this point.

I think getting in to the habit of fact-checking everything LLMs come up with when used to generate is probably an excellent idea. That being said, I haven't really seen any confabulation when using it to summarize a supplied text.
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