🤖 AI in Academic Work and not Only: A Useful Resource

🤖 AI in Academic Work and not Only: A Useful Resource

Perplexity has released an extensive 40-page guide on integrating AI into workflows. While written for a broad audience, its core principles are perfectly suited for the tasks of researchers and educators.

Why is this useful for academics?

The guide is packed with practical advice and prompts that can be adapted for:

Automating routine tasks: Helping draft administrative emails, course plans, and abstract summaries.

Text and data analysis: Aiding in the initial processing of corpora, generating ideas for papers, and structuring thoughts.

Scientific communication: Assisting in simplifying complex explanations or creating presentation content.

Key Takeaways:

Specificity & Context: Give your AI assistant clear goals and extensive background information for accurate results.

Removing Yourself from the Loop: Delegate repetitive tasks to AI to free up your focus for deep analysis and hypothesis generation.

Tool Synergy: Leverage the strengths of different AI assistants for a more powerful, combined approach.

This guide is a great starting point for learning to use AI in a conscious and effective way.

📖 Read the guide here: pplx-at-work.pdf