Insane Research

Ever wondered what research papers are talking about? Meet Insane Research, an AI assistant for understanding and summarizing papers, making complex content clear and accessible.

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Inspiration

Learning about the advancements of AI through research papers was very difficult for me, as the terminology was foreign. I'm sure that many students feel this way so I created Insane Research which could help students understand the subject material in papers better.

What it does

The user can copy and paste the text from sections of the research paper into a text box, and the Gemini Summarizer summarizes the text for the user. Furthermore, the user can interact with the chat bot to ask questions that they would have.

How we built it

Using the chrome extension API, HTML, CSS, and Javascript, I essentially created a user interface within a side panel.

Challenges we ran into

Initially I was planning to extract the text from the pdf, but I ran into Cross-Origin Resource Sharing issues, and instead opted for a user input based interface.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Making the summarizer and prompt work.

What we learned

  • Basic HTML, CSS, and Javascript
  • How to use the Chrome Extension API
  • How to use the Gemini Summarizer and Prompt API

What's next for Insane Research

  • Quiz generation to help build more understanding
  • Whole-paper summarization (if the model could allow it in the future)

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