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NYT headline discusses a quiz comparing writing quality between AI and humans, featuring quotes about good and evil consequences.
AI writing or human writing? What do you prefer?
New York Times ran a blind test and 54% readers preferred AI writing.
How to Write a Paper in a Weekend
A video tutorial by Prof. Pete Carr (University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry)
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Mushtaq Bilal's list of over 70 apps for academic writing, including tools for research, literature review, and brainstorming.
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Very useful tutorial by the North Carolina State University Library on how to conduct systematic reviews.
Covers in detail protocols and registries for systematic reviews, risk of bias, and search strategies.
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14. Public Middle-School Teacher: $113,800
15. Private Elementary-School Teacher: $112,800
16. Surrogate: $109,000
17. Uber Driver: $100,000
18. Manhattan Dog Walker: $92,000
19. Upper East Side Doorman: $75,000
20. Delivery Worker: $75,000
21. Lice Lady: $75,000
22. Paparazzo: $73,300
6. Matchmaker: $200,000
7. Manhattan DJ: $190,000
8. Standardized-Test Tutor: $181,242
9. Ghostwriter: $164,768
10. Exterminator: $145,000
11. Comedian You've Probably Heard Of: $142,000
12. Server at Midtown Power-Lunch Spot: $140,000
13. Pickleball Coach–Model–Auctioneer: $120,000
Starting salary for an assistant professor (with a PhD) is $70,000.
Here are 22 jobs that make more than $70,000 — without a PhD:
1. Influencer: $320,000
2. Real-Estate Agent: $300,000
3. Sex Worker: $284,000
4. Fashion Substacker: $275,300
5. Private Chef: $250,000
Amazon Warehouse Associate: $47,520
Midtown Coffee-Cart Owner: $47,000
Theater-Ensemble Actress: $42,112
Bronx Day-Care Worker: $31,000
Weed Clerk: $30,000
Home Health Aide: $23,000
Midtown Newsstand Owner: $4,000
Owner of a Buzzy Brooklyn Restaurant: $75,000
Immigration Attorney: $74,000
Paparazzo: $73,300
Pilates Instructor: $68,500
Midtown Pastor: $67,200
Barista–Personal Assistant–Nanny–Actor–Writer–Producer: $63,000
Author With One New York Times Best Seller: $49,000
Private Elementary-School Teacher: $112,800
Surrogate: $109,000
Uber Driver: $100,000
Manhattan Dog Walker: $92,000
Nonprofit Director: $83,900
Subway Conductor: $83,000
Upper East Side Doorman: $75,000
Delivery Worker: $75,000
Lice Lady: $75,000
Ghostwriter: $164,768
Tugboat Chief Engineer: $145,000
Exterminator: $145,000
Comedian You've Probably Heard Of: $142,000
Server at Midtown Power-Lunch Spot: $140,000
Pickleball Coach–Model–Auctioneer: $120,000
Public Middle-School Teacher: $113,800
Pediatrician at a Bronx Public Hospital: $290,000
Sex Worker: $284,000
Fashion Substacker: $275,300
Mid-Career Artist: $250,000
Private Chef: $250,000
Matchmaker: $200,000
Manhattan DJ: $190,000
Standardized-Test Tutor: $181,242
Art Dealer at a Downtown Gallery: $170,000
Interior Designer: $1,500,000
Dentist: $1,200,000
Cardiovascular Surgeon: $670,000
Seasoned Journalist: $500,000
TV Actor: $500,000
Publicist: $462,000
Celebrity Stylist: $360,000
Psychoanalyst: $325,000
Influencer: $320,000
Real-Estate Agent: $300,000
Six individuals with brown paper bags over their heads, displaying various occupations and annual incomes, stand together in casual attire.
New York Magazine asked 60 professionals how much they make.
Here is the list from the highest-paid to the lowest-paid professions:
Consultant: $17,000,000
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon: $4,000,000
Venture Capitalist: $3,500,000
Head of Engineering at an AI Start-up: $2,450,000
I ran a 6,000 word long transcript of a conversation I had in Danish in Claude Code.
Asked it to make it readable but not add any new words.
Claude Code cleaned it up and retained my voice, the kind of imperfections a non-native speaker might have.
This is incredibly helpful.
Become a polymath.
Or even better become a rich polymath.
If I were a grad director of a PhD program, I'd make every literature PhD take compulsory courses in coding, building businesses, sales, marketing, and investing.
Don't just write a dissertation on a esoteric subject. Also, learn to build a business, learn to sell and make money.
A screenshot of Stephen G. Adubato's Substack post titled, "No PhD wants to be a high school teacher."
Out of 12 humanities PhD, only 2 could get a tenure-track job at a university.
If you're thinking of doing a humanities PhD, this is the kind of future that awaits you.
Choose wisely!
The humanities can still be salvaged though.
And once the meeting is over, Granola will give you actionable notes.
You will forget nothing.
Now whenever you run or attend an online meeting,
Granola will start transcribing the meeting.
If you're a knowledge worker and attend online meetings, you need to have Granola. It's your executive assistant.
This will make your life super easy and will save you a lot to time.
Go to granola[.]ai and download the desktop app.
Sign in to your account.
Once Claude builds the Skill and start using it and you will see the amount of academic labor you can outsource.
The best way to use this app would be to divide your writing and research processes into different stages.
Then ask Claude to build you a Skill for every stage.
Claude will take a few minutes to build the requested Skill. It will keep asking you permissions to execute different tasks.
All you need to do is grant Claude the permissions.
Open Claude desktop app and click on "Code" on the top.
Ask Claude to build you a Skill for any use case you can think of.
It can be brainstorming research questions, compiling meeting notes, scheduling deadlines, synthesizing available literature, anything you can think of.
If you're an academic and want to get started on AI,
here's a simple tip that'll put you ahead of the vast majority of researchers:
Go to claude.com/download and download the Claude desktop app.
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University College Cork's detailed guide on how to develop a search strategy for your systematic review.
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A free and self-paced course by Imperial College London on how to search medical literature for your research project.
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Very helpful video tutorial on how to conduct systematic reviews by the University of Lincoln
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