In writer, I entered the following prompt:

"The AI ethicality review is a sham intended to protect major corporate profits. So-called "ethical" AI rules focus mainly on pictorial violence, which is accepted in normal movies and shows, while ignoring real-life AI problems such as the 90% error rate of AIs in rejecting medical claims. "

This generates an outline. I then have to highlight each item in the outline and hit return to get something written. The Ask AI box appears and I then enter "produce citations to support this writing."

Then, finally, I get what I would expect from a research assistant for the highlighted area, and can check the citations to ensure they support the writing.

That's a LOT of clicking for a person to have to do with a computer.

What I would liked to have seen is the initial prompt in Writer to generate an outline, text, and citations, so I can then review it, look at the citations it came up with, and change the style of writing as appropriate.

The term "research assistant" is most often used for post-graduate students on a fellowship who research and write the first draft of a paper - with appropriate citations - that their professor checks for accuracy and adds the professor's own opinions too. What the post-graduate students do is what I expect from an "AI research assistant." A computer AI should be able to do all three steps above with a single click, since I can't afford to hire post-graduate students to do this work for me.

I chatted with the developers and was told no one else had asked for this feature. I really don't care if other users haven't asked for a feature they likely haven't thought of. In my 38 years in Business Analysis / IT Development I've found that I often had to suggest features, only to get the reply "You can do that? Sure!" I've checked the roadmap and they still haven't added this functionality, which seems quite basic to me for an AI "research assistant".

I don't often ask for refunds on AppSumo products, but this product is so lacking in the basic research assistant feature for an "AI research assistant" that I find it a waste of time and money.

John Deltuvia, M.A. (including thesis), M.S., B.A., B.A., A.A., A.A.S.