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As a researcher myself, I find it curious that so many of my peers are turning to LLMs to assist in writing. Writing is a process of communicating one's data a
by pcrh 1y ago
As a researcher myself, I find it curious that so many of my peers are turning to LLMs to assist in writing.
Writing is a process of communicating one's data and thoughts, and it is the coherent crystallization of such thoughts that produces good scientific papers.
I can't imagine a scenario where an LLM would somehow be able to articulate the outcome of original research better than the researcher themselves. And if the researcher can't articulate their findings, it's dubious that they are worth communicating.
The exception would only be those who are not native English writers, in which case the LLM might improve grammar, etc.
- gapan 1y ago> The exception would only be those who are not native English writers, in which case the LLM might improve grammar, etc. So, only just the vast majority of people in this world? I'm not sure I would call that "the exception".
- pcrh 1y agoAn LLM would only be able to "polish" a non-native speaker's writing. Otherwise it is not conceivable that it could improve the essential nature of original research being communicated, this is as said original research will not be part of its training dataset. Scientists who hope that using an LLM to help write a paper will improve the quality of their output are deluding themselves.
- gapan 1y ago> An LLM would only be able to "polish" a non-native speaker's writing. Are you really suggesting that all native speakers write perfectly and their writing never needs any corrections whatsoever? I consider that far from the truth for any native speaker of any language and I would of never assumed that.
- pcrh 1y agoEveryone's writing can be improved. However, for native speakers, and especially if they have the level of education where they are producing original research, it would be a rare case that the writing was so bad that the science being communicated was undecipherable.