How to write your PhD literature review WITHOUT using AI (Part 1)
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Watch part 2 here! https://youtu.be/5QyeBmDK1oI For details of my one to one coaching 👉 https://jameshayton.phd/coaching 0:47 The problem with using AI to write a literature review 2:04 Can you use AI to help write a literature review? 2:40 You definitely don't need to use AI 3:49 About James Hayton 4:24 The problem with summarizing papers as you go 5:59 How to build your knowledge of the literature 6:45 How to develop a general picture of the literature 8:19 Identify key influential papers 9:54 You can and should read papers multiple times 11:00 Getting to know the basics 11:55 Make sure you understand research and analytical techniques 13:14 Highly relevant papers for your specific project 13:43 Summary of the levels of basic knowledge you need 14:16 Build a collection of key, high-quality sources 14:48 Getting into details 15:23 The hard work 16:30 Any questions? Other notes: (2:15) The AI as an intern analogy isn't my own: I stole it from Kevin Kelly on the Tim Ferriss podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJw72PDRSc (2:40) Google scholar launched in November 2004, more than a year after I started my PhD (8:19) L. T. Canham. Silicon quantum wire array fabrication by electrochemical and chemical dissolution of wafers. Applied Physics Letters, 57(10):1046–1048, 1990 (Cited over 7000 times as of August 2024)
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