How to Use AI for Academic Writing: Here’s A Professor’s Perspective
Get our webinar: https://go.lennartnacke.com/aitoolswe... I write a weekly newsletter on writing, research, productivity tips with AI for academics to help you become a smarter researcher in 9 minutes or less. You can discover more here: https://lennartnacke.com/ or on my Research Freedom Substack: https://lennartnacke.substack.com/ If you want to get to know everything you need to know about AI research tools, check out our webinar here: https://go.lennartnacke.com/aitoolswe... 📫 Sign up for Write Insight - my weekly newsletter where I give you one big research productivity or writing tip every single week: https://go.lennartnacke.com/newsletter In this episode, I chat with Vugar Ibrahimov to explore how AI is reshaping academic writing. We dive into practical tools like Napkin AI for creating social media content, and discuss the double-edged sword of AI writing assistance - from improving productivity to potentially dulling our writing skills. Our conversation takes interesting turns as we debate AI's role in creativity and critical thinking, explore ethical considerations, and share insights on using AI tools effectively while preserving human creativity in our work. We also tackle the growing concern of over-reliance on AI and discuss strategies for maintaining a healthy balance between human and machine input in academic writing. 00:00 Introduction to Episode 4 03:11 AI Visualization for Social Media 03:59 How to use Napkin AI 10:15 What is AI's Role in Writing 11:29 Paul Graham's Essay on the Future of Writing 15:47 The Impact of AI on Creativity and Critical Thinking 22:20 Using AI for Text Tone and Style Modification 24:17 Custom GPTs and Claude AI Projects 29:39 What does the future of Gen AI hold for writers? 🔗 CONNECT WITH LENNART 🎥 YouTube Channel - / @lennartnacke 👥 Linkedin - / shares 🦋 BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/lennartnacke... 🐦 X (Twitter) - https://x.com/acagamic 📸 Instagram - / acagamic Ⓜ️ Medium - / acagamic 🎵 TikTok - / acagamic 🧵 Threads - https://www.threads.net/@acagamic 💻 Website - https://lennartnacke.com/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH VUGAR 🎥 YouTube Channel - / @techforacademic 👥 Linkedin - / shares 🦋 BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/vugaribrahim... 🐦 X (Twitter) - https://x.com/vugar_ibrahimov Ⓜ️ Medium - / vugar_ibrahimov 🎙️ ABOUT THE PODCAST The AI Academics is the show where Professor Dr. Lennart Nacke (@lennartnacke) chats with his co-host @techforacademic to geek out about the latest AI developments without getting too scientific. It’s your spot for AI insights that actually matter to your daily life as an academic. Grab a coffee, tune in, and find out why AI isn't the job stealing monster everyone thinks it is. 🎧 LISTEN FOR FREE Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5NgmDIV... Substack: https://lennartnacke.substack.com/s/t... RSS: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast... 🫶 LEAVE A REVIEW If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we’d love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... 💬 GET IN TOUCH You can also DM Prof Lennart on any social platform with input, suggestions, or insights about the lessons you’ve learnt from the episodes and I’ll acknowledge you personally for listening in. Some links might be affiliate links. Thanks for supporting an independent creator by using them.
