None of those methods--internet, AI, library--eliminate the time needed to sit and think about the subject you're researching. When people use AI to circumvent the thinking portion, or the writing portion, or the storytelling portion, then a measure of intelligence is lost. That's no different than the student who chooses to write a paper based solely on what others say. And like you said (paraphrased), there is no original thought anywhere in an AI. I'd hate to see a w…