Hi everyone,
I wanted to ask a quick question about using AI in research. Lately, I’ve noticed more people around me are starting to use AI tools to support their academic work.
So I decided to try out a few myself like tlooto and Consensus. They seem helpful, but to be honest, I’m still not fully confident about trusting AI for research yet.
What do you think? Has anyone here used these tools? I’d love to hear your thoughts or experiences.
I haven’t used those tools, but in a world that’s ever more concerned with productivity and where I have to have four ongoing projects to be taken seriously, sadly using an LLM to organise data and proofread writing has become necessary.
Right now, my biggest worry is stunting my own skills.
About two years ago, NSF started to fund and frame AI-assisted research as “co-science” and I agree that this is one of the most promising areas of development for AI tooling. My advice for finding a co-science tool for your work is to look at a lib guide, like this one from Oklahoma State. The thing about lib guides is that they are prepared by information scientists, so you will get excellent guidance and extremely well curated resources.