Comment on Inspired by Wikitok, Papers Tok: An experiment to try to improve accessibility and discoverability of AI academic papers.

tabular@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a reference to TikTok. In the case of “wikitok”, instead of browsing brainrot it flips randomly through Wikipedia articles. Check it out (on mobile): wikitok.vercel.app

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• WreckingBANG@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think they mean it is also infinite scrolling like tiktok and maybe even with algorithm.

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  • infitok@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hey @WreckingBANG@lemmy.ml! There’s no algorithm in place as of now. However based on the feedback I received on Reddit, people want some sort of recommendation algorithm to get the most relevant papers.

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Almighty Algorithms, ew.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Algorithms are awesome when they don’t have ulterior motives.

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    • 7toed@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If its goal to is to give scientific minds the hyperspecific hyperfixation they’ll end up wanting to study, I think we could make an exception. Until it peddles bullshit I guess

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