“When used intelligently…”. Like any tool, you have people that know how to use it, others that injure themselves, and ones that are too scared to try.
Michael- excellent synthesis of the current best usage (in my opinion) of AI- as a research assistant. That o3 model will still sometimes stretch the truth, but not if I box it in; “provide evidence and the exact source and location so I can definitively locate it”
I’ve been using LLMS for a lot of the same. And this week ChatGPT5 just dropped and it’s crazy good. I’m not even using Google as much as I was because I can get much better answers from the LLMs.
“When used intelligently…”. Like any tool, you have people that know how to use it, others that injure themselves, and ones that are too scared to try.
Yep. Absolutely right.
Wonderful essay.
Thanks, Trying to avoid all the doom and gloom about AI and find ways to use it in a productive manner.
Michael- excellent synthesis of the current best usage (in my opinion) of AI- as a research assistant. That o3 model will still sometimes stretch the truth, but not if I box it in; “provide evidence and the exact source and location so I can definitively locate it”
And GPT5 does even better right now. It's crazy.
I’ve been using LLMS for a lot of the same. And this week ChatGPT5 just dropped and it’s crazy good. I’m not even using Google as much as I was because I can get much better answers from the LLMs.
GPT5 is pretty incredible. I’ve been playing with it this weekend.