[nprateem]

Ha ha lol. Is that really the best they can think of in an age of AI? Instead of turning PDFs into web pages how about some actually useful tools:

* Summarisation

* Succinctly placing the research in context of the broader field

* Highlighting limitations or flaws in research methods, etc.

* An outline view to summarise each paragraph/section and then drill down into the ones you actually want to read in more detail

* Rephrasing into plain English. A lot of academics enjoy sounding clever and usling long words so it'd be nice to be able to switch off "ego mode" and just read stuff in plain English instead of having to wade through their word-soup.

With more effort maybe Google could create a PDF reader that is actually innovative.

[vasco]

The friends I have in academia say that their PhD professors tell them to use "ego mode" or papers won't pass review and be accepted. I'm with you though. And it's not about specific jargon of a field, it's just wankery. Most lawyers do the same thing and you need to get extremely good ones to write good contracts in clear language.

"Sounding smarter through obscurity"

[nprateem]

Yeah I'm sure that's true. It'd be nice to be able to opt out though while you're in the first pass research phase.