Show HN: ArTok is TikTok for research papers

8 pointsposted 19 days ago
by ykumards

6 Comments

GodelNumbering

19 days ago

This is awesome! Thanks for making this.

One feature that would make it super useful is to have 30-60 seconds of audio (AI generated) that tells me enough high level info about the paper to know whether I want to go deeper (and 'save for later' button to go with). That way a user can use it while commuting or driving.

Again, really cool idea that helps people learn things instead of wasting time on same old tiktoks/reels. Nicely done, OP!

ykumards

19 days ago

Thank you so much! :)

I’ll definitely try to add audio. Local TTS models are getting better and I guess I can feed the headline to create a podcast-like feed

GodelNumbering

19 days ago

Local TTS has become incredibly good lately. Check out some content on locallama if you haven't. I tried a couple and was blown away by how good some of them were!

Best of luck, world needs more content like yours!

gus_massa

19 days ago

> I thought a random feed (with no recommendation algorithms) might be a fun way to explore.

I expect some areas like biology to be "overrepresented", and get too few math papers. Try it for some time, and consider adding some weights to it.

ykumards

19 days ago

That’s a great point! I could add some “roles” that people can choose for the kind of papers they’d like to see.

user

19 days ago

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