Summary of Ideabench: Benchmarking Large Language Models For Research Idea Generation, by Sikun Guo et al.
IdeaBench: Benchmarking Large Language Models for Research Idea Generation
by Sikun Guo, Amir Hassan Shariatmadari, Guangzhi Xiong, Albert Huang, Eric Xie, Stefan Bekiranov, Aidong Zhang
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes IdeaBench, a comprehensive benchmark system for evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) in generating research ideas for scientific discovery. The system includes a diverse dataset of influential papers’ titles and abstracts, along with referenced works, to profile LLMs as domain-specific researchers. This enables the utilization of LLMs’ parametric knowledge to generate new research ideas. An evaluation framework is also introduced, consisting of two stages: ranking ideas based on user-specified quality indicators like novelty and feasibility using GPT-4o, followed by calculating the “Insight Score” to quantify the chosen indicator. The proposed benchmark system aims to advance the automation of scientific discovery by measuring and comparing different LLMs. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized how we interact with artificial intelligence (AI). They can generate research ideas, but there’s no good way to measure their quality. This paper solves that problem by creating a benchmark system called IdeaBench. It includes a big dataset of important papers and an evaluation framework to help us understand what makes a good idea. The system uses a clever two-step process to rank ideas based on things like how new they are or how possible they are to do. This will help us compare different LLMs and make them better at helping us discover new things. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Gpt
