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When did “AI research assistant” start meaning “chatbot that summarizes papers”?

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Maybe this is just me, but every time someone says “just use ChatGPT for the lit review” I feel like we’re talking about two completely different problems. Summarizing a paper is useful. I do it too. But the part that actually eats my time isn’t “what does this paper say?” It’s figuring out why thi…

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  1. 2026-08-31 06:36 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    When did “AI research assistant” start meaning “chatbot that summarizes papers”?

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