Things I've Found In Pockets

The other day, I asked Chat GPT to give me a reading list of recent peer-reviewed articles on a topic, to make sure I wasn't missing anything in the wider literature search. One of the annoying things about research is that often, you spend years thinking and writing, and then when you're ready to launch your amazing stuff, you find out that someone has just written THE SAME THING. So it was a quick check, which would be followed by a full re-search behind academic paywalls. Chat GPT didn't have any horrible surprises for me, and I prepared to close the tab and move on.  But chat GPT wasn't finished with me. It offered more useful support. This shiny, supportive, enthusiastic entity could pretty much write every section of my thesis, if I let it. We have had plenty of AI training at the university where I work and play, but I very seldom use AI. There are many reasons for this, some of which are:  I trust my brain. It's a good one. I read widely, think critically, a...