Some data on this page is adapted from this research guide: https://guides.library.georgetown.edu/ai/tools
⦁ Brainstorming: Can be useful for organizing your thoughts and act as a brainstorming tool for research.
⦁ Save time by streamlining work
⦁ Breakdown concepts: Simplify complex concepts. Can sift through large amounts of information and provide concise summaries.
⦁ Summarize: Can summarize, synthesize and help you visualize research in a particular area.
⦁ Discover new research: Help you discover new research in your subject area and visualize connections between authors and literature.
⦁ Hallucinations: May give inaccurate information and make up false citations.
⦁ Can’t access paywalled content: AI can only access information that’s freely available on the Internet. AI can’t access data contained in private, subscription databases.
⦁ Scope of the training data: Can only produce results based on the data it’s been trained on. Some AI have a limited timeframe of data (up to a certain date). So it may not have access to the most recent information.
⦁ Ethics: AI can’t make judgement calls. For example, it may incorporate bias, stereotypes or hate speech it finds online.