My eight-year-old daughter recently invoked my fatherly duty to help her do research for a presentation about a figure from the Middle Ages; Thomas Aquinas, in her case. My wife and I bought a few books, checked one out from the library, and found some relevant material in reference works we already owned. Notably, we did not search for random articles or videos off the Internet or try using generative AI as a personal tutor; yet this was not enough to entirely avoid AI slop.
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Alex Stevens
Alex Stevens has a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University, and works in Software Development. He currently lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and daughter.
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