The words “Artificial” and “Intelligence” have appeared to stay. Since its biggest irruption in November 2022, when OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot, it seems that every digital tool must contain this specified companion in its own way. It may be soon to decide if this is an overreactive trend which still needs time to evolve into a better assistant or if it really is the huge tech revolution that is changing our way of doing most of our work.
Only time will tell, but, for now, there is no doubt that AI has changed a lot of things. In this article, we are going to focus on the scholar world. Indeed, AI has become an everyday tool for students but for teachers too: organizing schedules, tasks, asking for related topics about the subject… And, of course, it is mandatory to mention that some people use this tool to elaborate the work that they should do by themselves.
But we are not going to judge this way of proceeding, it is only important to mention it because of that, some teachers are completely banning AI tools in their classes. This is a shame because AI could be a powerful tool if it is used in an ethic way. A way of use that leaves you feeling that you have done great work by yourself, not by a machine.
And what kind of use could be that? We are going to see five applications or use cases of AI that could help you when you do your scholar work.
1. Don’t be afraid, ask for some ideas or topics
How many times have you started to write and you have found that the time passes and all what you have got is a blank sheet? AI can provide you with some ideas or topics that help you to unblock your mind and start to write something, even if it is shapeless at the beginning. If you manage to continue writing by your own with the topics that AI has given you in mind, it is very likely that, at some point, you start to type your own ideas and your essay takes a very different course from what it previously seemed.
2. Let AI organize your bibliography for you
A recommended way to work when you are doing more complex work like a thesis is to cite the articles or books that you have referred to as soon as possible, before you forget about them. But, once you have cited them, you may save the article locally and that is all for most of them. A good use of AI is to ask it for a short summary of them, plus some extra information that can help you in the future when you review the bibliography, for example personalized keywords or tags, limitations, results…
3. Don’t waste your time, ask AI if that article is useful for you
There are times when you have been working the entire afternoon in your essay and you have written nothing new because you have been reading article after article and none of them say anything useful for yours. Stop doing that, you can ask AI if that article contains what you need providing it with the link or the file directly. Even there are some browser extensions that do exactly this. You will save a lot of time if you ask first and, if it is useful, then you read it.
4. Have I done this exercise correctly?
Another great use of AI chatbots is checking if you have done correctly that exercise that has resisted a lot to you. You must be careful with this advice; this tool does not replace your teacher, but when you are studying for an exam or if you are a self-taught, AI can help you a lot by explaining what you have done wrong and how to correct it.
5. More, please!
We have talked about correct exercises, but what about having more of them to study or to understand the topic better? If you need more similar exercises, AI can elaborate them for you. It can even prepare personalized exams for you with the questions you find most difficult. Anywhere, anytime.
Remember that the quality of the AI answers depends on your prompts; try to write the instructions in a clear and direct way. Even though, AI can make mistakes, so use it at your own discretion.
Good luck with your future scholar works!
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