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Instead of using a single GenAI tool to create a one-note research paper, why not tune up an orchestra of machine assistants?

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Daniel L. Leonard ’21, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a joint History of Science and Philosophy concentrator in Winthrop House. It’s a story many students will find familiar. You sit in the library, ...