‘The most interesting thing about any technology is how it affects humans: how it makes us more or less collaborative, how it accelerates discovery and communication, or how it distracts and frustrates us. We saw this in the 1990s. As the internet became more ubiquitous, researchers began experimenting with collaborative writing tools that allowed multiple authors to work on a single document simultaneously, regardless of their physical locations. Some of the earliest examples were the Collaboratories launched by researchers in the mid-1990s at the University of Michigan. These platforms enabled real-time co-authoring, annotation, and discussion, streamlining the research process and fostering international collaborations that would have been unimaginable just a few years earlier.’
Link: https://blog.oup.com/2024/05/are-academic-researchers-embracing-or-resisting-generative-ai/
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