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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all should be using the paid versions. Game changer.[/quote]

FOR WHAT. [/quote]

+1 Just as OP points out, they never give examples. I think it's because they use it for stupid stuff like adjusting the tone of an email or doing some basic analysis that anyone with a brain and a modest attention span could do. 
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I hesitate to write this because I don't want to insult people who use AI (but then, they have to problem insulting me, by constantly posting that if I get poor results from AI it must be because I didn't use it correctly because it's axiomatic that the AI works perfectly)... my impression is AI is good for two things:
1. Coding (not my field, but I'll accept the testimonials here)
2. People who have difficulty with tasks like writing emails and performance reviews or organizing their thoughts generally[/quote]
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As a researcher it's so useful. A little bit too useful honestly.[/quote]

Can you elaborate? AI draws upon various things from the internet right? [b]As a researcher, wouldn’t best practice be to consult primary sources?[/b][/quote]

Of course it is. Everything needs to be verified. But when there is a ton of information out there AI can organize it.[/quote]

I'm also a researcher and I wouldn't say that AI has revolutionized the way I do my own research yet. There are potential uses that I'm exploring right now (like machine vision), but none of the ones I'm excited about are LLMs which is what most people seem to be thinking about when the say 'AI.' And while, yes, LLMs can be useful in helping me brainstorm or think about a dataset in a new way, they still blatantly lie about the underlying research or make faulty assumptions based on what is on the internet, so it's a really risky thing to rely on right now.[/quote]

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