Summarizing Papers with Claude: Pretty Decent Actually
Recently tried summarizing an AI-related paper using Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and the accuracy was surprisingly high. It condensed a 10-page original into three paragraphs while capturing all the key points. Though it seemed a bit shaky with the references section. What models are others using?
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Oh, I recently switched from GPT-4 Turbo to Claude, and I definitely find Claude more natural for summarizing papers. However, in my case, when the paper exceeds 20 pages, the content tends to get a bit blurry, so I split the document into sections when requesting summaries. As for references, all models seem to get confused similarly, so I think it's better to just accept that.
How do you usually write prompts? I'm using the same model, but sometimes it misses the key points. I've also run into the reference issue, and I found that saying 'Print the reference list of this paper exactly as it is' actually works better. Give it a try!
Haha, same experience here! It sometimes makes up random scholar names or cites fake papers in the references section, so I always have to double-check. But the key content summaries are seriously amazing—now I always run it through Claude before reading any paper. The time savings are no joke.
I'm also finding Claude 3.5 Sonnet quite decent for summarizing papers. It feels especially more accurate than GPT-4 when summarizing papers with lots of formulas or data tables. References are definitely a weak point, but I compensate by just checking the original text directly.
I use Claude 3 Opus, and it feels more thorough than Sonnet. The summary length can be freely adjusted, and I especially like how well it catches limitations or future research directions in papers. However, the price is a bit burdensome, so I only use it for important papers, lol.
I recently tried summarizing papers with Perplexity Pro, and I'm curious how it compares to Claude. Perplexity is strong with the latest papers since it's based on real-time search, but it seems like Claude provides deeper summaries. Has anyone here used both?