Academics warn PhD students and professors now proudly skip reading papers with AI
lizbwood · x · 2026-10-14
Scholar Liz Wood says PhD students, postdocs, and often professors now openly and proudly use AI summarizers — less reliable than CliffsNotes ever was — in place of reading papers, calling it a great disservice, especially when professors do it themselves.
In the quoted post, @onionesque adds that younger people may soon lose any motivation to deeply study or understand anything, and "when the dust settles people will regret it." The exchange fuels debate over whether AI tools are eroding deep reading in academia.
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