About this Video

• Video Title: AI Tools Academics SWEAR By (and the Ones to AVOID!)
• Channel: Andy Stapleton
• Speakers: Andy Stapleton
• Duration: 00:25:53

Introduction

This video provides a tier list ranking various AI tools for academics, highlighting the presenter's favorites and least favorites based on personal experience and pricing considerations. The purpose is to guide academics in selecting suitable AI tools for research and writing tasks.

Key Takeaways

• Scholarcy: A good tool for summarizing, analyzing, and organizing research, but considered too expensive for students given its limited functionality. Rated C-tier.
• Julius AI: A powerful tool for data analysis, providing analytical insights even for users with limited statistical expertise. Rated A-tier (but close to S-tier).
• Inciteful: Offers a unique feature of connecting two research papers to show literature connections; however, other aspects are deemed less effective compared to other tools. Rated C-tier.
• Lateral.AI: A valuable tool for research insights and super search, but its pricing is considered high relative to feature set compared to other options. Rated B-tier.
• MyStylus.AI: Received an F-tier rating due to significant bugs and unusability during testing.
• Yomu.AI: An AI writing assistant, rated B-tier; considered useful for younger academics but potentially confusing for more experienced researchers.
• Thesis.AI: Highly praised for its ability to generate literature reviews from uploaded documents; rated S-tier.
• AnswerThis.AI: Similar to Thesis.AI but considered less effective; rated C-tier.
• PaperPal: A comprehensive tool for academic writing, offering plagiarism checks and various other features, with a generous free tier; rated A-tier.
• Consensus.AI: Excellent for quickly obtaining a research overview and consensus; rated A-tier.
• Connected Papers AI: Useful for visualizing connections between research papers but its graph interpretation is considered less intuitive; rated B-tier.
• Elicit AI: Highly effective for rapidly analyzing research papers and identifying key papers; rated A-tier.
• Thesify.AI: Provides detailed feedback on thesis chapters and papers, identifying unsupported claims and other issues; rated S-tier.
• Explain Paper: A tool for simplifying the reading of research papers; rated C-tier.
• Jenni.AI: An AI writing tool that integrates the writing process into one workflow; rated A-tier.
• Petal.AI: Rated D-tier; described as underwhelming despite frequent recommendations.
• Research Rabbit: A free tool for exploring research, though its complex interface is a drawback; rated B-tier.
• Scispace.AI: A versatile tool covering several academic tasks; rated A-tier (almost S-tier).
• Unriddle AI: A good tool with potential but requiring interface improvements; rated C-tier.
• LitMaps: Considered the best literature mapping software despite its pricing; rated A-tier.