dynomight recently wrote an article calling for bloggers to state publicly whether and how they use AI. Here are ways I currently use AI in ways that might show up on this blog:
- I use AI to find papers and explain bits I don’t understand (generally vocabulary), and generally tutor me.
- I sometimes ask AI to find flaws in papers. I verify the flaws before citing them and don’t consider a paper flawless just because AI didn’t find anything.
- When I’m stuck I’ll ask AI to generate many ideas to unstick me. This could be anything from word choice to themes for a concluding paragraph. I don’t copy/paste beyond a word or two, the point is not to generate the answer but to unstick my brain.
- I use AI for feedback much the way I use friends or editors.
- I’ve coded tools to do data analysis, although I’m not sure anything from them has made it to print yet.
I wrote this in 4 minutes so I may come back later with edits as new uses occur to me.
- EDIT 10m later: I explain my ideas to AI with a prompt to ask questions as if it is trying to understanding.
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