A research partner, not a writer replacing you
A thesis takes months: a topic, references, reading, writing, and review. AI can save substantial time at every stage. Set the rule from the start: the ideas, results, and final writing are yours, and check your university's rules on AI use.
From topic to research question
State your field and the topic that interests you, and ask for help narrowing it to a research question feasible within your time and resources.
Copy the prompt as it is, or tailor it with your details first.
Tailor the prompt to your workOptional: add your details and the prompt adjusts itself
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Literature review
To find studies, use tools that return real papers: Google Scholar, Consensus, Elicit, and Deep Research in Gemini or ChatGPT. Open every paper you will cite and check its title, authors, and year.
Organize references in a program such as Zotero, and ask for help with a comparison table: study, sample, method, and result.
Reading and notes
Upload your chosen papers to Gemini Notebook and ask about them. Answers include the information's location in the paper, making it easy to return to the original. The whole process is in the Gemini Notebook series.
Writing and review
Write the draft yourself and use AI to organize chapters, review language, clarify an unclear paragraph, and critique the argument: “What is this chapter's weakest point?” For statistical analysis, ask it to explain the suitable test and why, and carry it out and understand the result yourself.
Start with the research question
Use the first prompt, choose one question, and search for it in Google Scholar and Consensus. Open the first 5 papers yourself.