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Re: Consensus: Use AI to find insights in research papers

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I think https://elicit.org/ is also worth a mention in this context.

For my query "Can a LLM be used to build an agent?", elicit gave me highly relevant results, whereas Consensus could not find any relevant or recent results. I'm guessing the difference is that Consensus does not have papers from arxiv.

Good find, very useful!

Re: Consensus: Use AI to find insights in research papers

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I asked it about UBI and I guess there isn't enough data yet, because it called it "fiscally unbearable and morally unacceptable" (which seems to be what only 1 uncited source said)! At least it admitted consensus was low... https://consensus.app/results/?q=Does%20universal%20basic%20... Summary Top 10 papers analyzed Some studies suggest that universal basic income (UBI) can generate support for structural reforms a…

It's not surprising that highly political topics are likely to generate such results.

Topics are "highly political" when there is insufficient evidence for them. Which is why heliocentrism is not "highly political" (and also why it once was).

Re: Consensus: Use AI to find insights in research papers

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I asked it about UBI and I guess there isn't enough data yet, because it called it "fiscally unbearable and morally unacceptable" (which seems to be what only 1 uncited source said)! At least it admitted consensus was low... https://consensus.app/results/?q=Does%20universal%20basic%20... Summary Top 10 papers analyzed Some studies suggest that universal basic income (UBI) can generate support for structural reforms a…

I have used it for several weeks, I would recommend a more specific question. On the UBI front, I had somewhat more success (though no consensus) with a concrete question on employment : https://consensus.app/results/?q=Does%20UBI%20decrease%20emp...

Thanks for the pointer! Yeah, I admittedly asked it a tough question.
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