If I see you jamming LLMs into your research projects without reason, I will lose respect for you as a scientist. It tells me the following: you either have no interest of your own, or don't care about valuable insights. Both are reasons to suspect you shouldn't be doing what you're doing.
Stop publishing papers because the topic is trending. It's a disservice to science and a waste of money. Have we learnt nothing from COVID, Blockchain, hell even DNA research?
This is also a warning to reviewers: not accepting good work because it's not "in" or part of the hot shit™ cycle is actively kneecapping progress.
Ask yourself: is the cost of using LLMs for my thing worth the benefit? More often than not, the answer is probably no. Have the courage to admit it and justify it to the stupid reviewers that will demand it.
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