Comment by lupsasca

3 hours ago

I am very sympathetic to your point of view, but let me offer another perspective. First off, you can already vibe-write slop papers with AI, even in LaTeX format--tools like Prism are not needed for that. On the other hand, it can really help researchers improve the quality of their papers. I'm someone who collaborates with many students and postdocs. My time is limited and I spend a lot of it on LaTeX drudgery that can and should be automated away, so I'm excited for Prism to save time on writing, proofreading, making TikZ diagrams, grabbing references, etc.

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CJefferson  2 hours ago

What the heck is the point of a reference you never read?

  • lupsasca  2 hours ago

    By "grabbing references" I meant queries of the type "add paper [bla] to the bibliography" -- that seems useful to me!

    • nestes  1 hour ago

      Focusing in on "grabbing references", it's as easy as drag-and-drop if you use Zotero. It can copy/paste references in BibTeX format. You can even customize it through the BetterBibTeX extension.

      If you're not a Zotero user, I can't recommend it enough.