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This is what LLMs are for. Just double check their work.
Edit: It seems based on the many downotes that I donβt know shit about citations π
Guys, I have no idea, never had to write one of these. π It was just a suggestion.
I use GPT4o daily for work stuff. It often does the job pretty reliably. However all the inserting citation into the text would of course not work, seems that zotero that others are mentioning is made for the job and would therefore do it much better.
It seems people let their prejudices get in the way of using LLMs like the limited tools they are. They are not AI, just a pretty decent guessing machine with multiple limitations.
How exactly would you use an LLM for something like this?
Hereβs an example prompt;
Prompt for LLM on Generating APA Citations (7th Edition)
Instructions: I need to create APA format citations for my research paper based on the 7th edition of the APA guidelines. Below are examples of correct APA citations for different types of sources, followed by a list of sources that need to be cited. Please generate the citations accurately, paying special attention to formatting rules such as capitalization, italicization, and punctuation.
Important Formatting Rules:
Citation Examples:
Journal article: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of the article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy
Book: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Website: Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the webpage. Website Name. URL
Sources List:
Additional Instructions:
Once you have generated the citations, please double-check for consistency in formatting (capitalization, italics, and punctuation) and ensure that all sources follow the APA 7th edition rules.
Thank you!
Good joke, you'd have to double and triple check every single citation as LLMs love to hallucinate.
I wouldn't risk my title or expulsion because an LLM fucked up my work. Even one missed reference or a false citation could cost you plenty.
Yeah newer models are less prone to that problem but definetely agree π
The intentiom was for the author to supply the data and the LLM to provide the formatting only.