It’s foolish to think that thorough research must take time. It is akin to complaining that a mechanic that fixes your car in 5 minutes should not be compensated the same has one that takes 5 hours. You aren’t paying for the time you’re paying for the result.
The same is true here the length of time it takes doesn’t represent quality. In fact with this mentality, people would still be traveling hundreds of miles to go to a few select libraries and research institutions.
Conspiracy theorists spend years and decades “researching” only to conclude that the earth is flat and man never landed on the moon. But in this theory that would qualify as quality research because it took them a long time.
It’s pure fallacy to think that time spent researching in any way equates to more accurate or better information or conclusions. I am unaware of any evidence to show a correlation. If you are aware of some please present it, show your research.
The path of progress has always been dissemination of information and faster access to it. Unfortunately it is those most ingrained in old ways of thinking and seeing the world that can’t embrace the future.
If anyone as a researcher relies on a non-original source, it doesn’t matter if that sources is an AI, Google, a librarian or a book that’s still regurgitation. And if you are only relying on one source it doesn’t matter what that source is, one source is not confirmable and that’s not how you do research.
All research except original research is “regurgitation” but that is not important. Synthesis is the important thing. The argument of it being regurgitating is just a red herring, BS that smells of elitism and ignorance.
It is ignorance not only of how these tools work but also how basic research works and journalism is actually done. In both cases confirmation is the easy part. It’s discovery and synthesis that is hard and that is the phase these tools excel in because they have essentially cataloged and connected vast swaths of human knowledge far outside the capabilities of any individual.
People who don’t use these tools for research are dinosaurs. The world is passing them by. They fear the change because it’s different than what they know so they dismiss it and deride it. They write articles full of massive amounts of copium trying to ignore progress. But their derision doesn’t matter because they will be extinct soon, replaced by those who adapt and embrace new tools.
