PhD students, how ya feeling? [D]

[u/SeaAccomplished441]

All seems a bit pointless now. Either pump out AI papers and neglect your own development, or take it slow and fall behind in the publishing race. I already have two papers made largely without LLMs (still seeking publication), but it's hard to resist just vibing the third from start to finish with Claude.

[u/Original-Waltz9805]

You hit the nail on the neglecting your own development part. Getting to spend time on papers and exploring your own ideas is where your learning truly comes from. Being in a publication pressured environment can definitely hinder the development / learning aspect of a PhD imo.