LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AS RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

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AI tools like GPT-4 are increasingly assisting and even outperforming academics in tasks like writing research papers. Liang et al. found up to 18% of papers in some fields are AI-assisted. This integration of AI could create a loop where software both generates and reviews academic publications. However, the impact on scientific progress is nuanced - it could potentially enable more productivity but there is also a risk of a phase where more is produced with less understanding.