While some professors or institutions do not advocate for using generated output as a source, it can be useful to find background information on a variety of different topics
I try my best to avoid using genAI as much as I can for my own personal reasons. But it can make finding sources much faster. All I have to do is send a prompt asking for information related to a certain topic, and it can help me find certain websites I normally would of overlooked at times.
Different people understand topics in a variety of ways that influence how they research, what questions are asked, and what results are interpreted.
For me personally, I can sometimes feel discouraged to share my perspective on a topic when it does not quite align with what is normally brought up. I have to remind myself that it is important for us to share our perspectives in order to achieve a better understanding of worlds outside of our own.
May be out of date
May be out of date, but could provide an interesting perspective on a topic. For example, we could get an idea of how the general public viewed a certain thing before and after a notable event such as Covid. Before the pandemic, getting a vaccine was not considered as controversial of an issue as it is now.