Show HN: Research Papers as Memes

by QueensGambit • 8 months ago

10 1 8 months ago

Hi HN,

Ever since "Attention Is All You Need", I've been reading research papers directly instead of waiting for tech news coverage. My information supply chain has evolved from news sites as explainer to following experts on Twitter to ChatGPT these days. I'm experimenting with one more step: what if the papers themselves were memes?

For example, mapping AlexNet's 50-year journey to the Pirates of the Caribbean sinking ship scene [1]. Or using Sheldon's milking stool argument to explain transformer architecture [2]. The absurdity seems to make the concepts more memorable. Each meme has a quiz to dig deeper into the paper.

What do you think? Is humor a legitimate tool for learning about research papers, or does it undermine the seriousness of the work?

[1] https://near.tl/tech/post/CKANRc66UN8majA3prVu

[2] https://near.tl/tech/post/gzibcV5d6RQI6PlukYuM

Show HN: Research Papers as Memes

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