Re:Prism
by unixzii on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @01:32AM
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It may be useful, but it also encourages people to stop writing their own papers.
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As they demo in the video, it even encourages people to actually skip doing the research (which includes reading both relevant AND not-so-relevant papers in order to explore!) Instead, prompt "cite some relevant papers, please", and done. Hours of actual reading, thinking, and exploration reduced to a minimum.
A couple of generations of students later, and these will be rare skills: information finding, actual thinking, and conveying complex information in writing.