As someone who has written for much of my adult life, the introduction of [[Artificial intelligence]] is an interesting development. My primary interests revolve around history, apologetics, current events, and Bible study. All of these disciplines involve a lot of research and collecting of research. The question I wrestle with surrounds the crossroads of AI and research. I am old enough to have spent a lot of time in libraries doing research. When I was completing my bachelor's degree (in history) in the 1980s, the library was my second home. My library card was connected to an account and I deposited funds into that account. The copy machines located throughout the library had card readers, and when you needed to make copies, you inserted your cards and it deducted the cost per copy from your account. (I think it was 5 cents a copy, but I could be wrong.) When you were low on funds, you deposited more money. Depending on the topic, I could end up with folders (100 to 200) pages of reference material in preparation for a paper. Part of the learning process, no doubt, was collecting this research. You would have to read countless journal articles and books to find the relevant information, and then carefully document your source for the final paper. Twenty years later, in 2008-2010, I entered graduate school for a Master's Degree. I was able to complete all of the work in this program without setting foot in the library. All of the research was available online through various academic databases the library subscribed to and was available to students. The process was so much easier it felt like cheating. I could download and highlight pdfs and programs on my computer managed and organized all of the pdfs. When I was ready to reference a particular article, everything was at my finger tips. Creating the references and bibliography was a couple of keystrokes. Today, Artificial Intelligence takes this to another level.