Shawn 'swyx' Wang says deep research features in AI have lost relevance since models such as o3, as iterative questioning outperforms single-prompt long reports for active learning
Alexander Doria favors conversational informal drafts over formal reports.
#214swyx🛬 SFO@SWYX@menhguin not quite sure it lets you but yeah sure
Minh Nhat Nguyen@menhguin@swyx i mean, do both?
#867Alexander Doria@DORIALEXANDERStill use Claude very frequently initial source research but it’s much better to aim for informal draft/research notes.
swyx🛬 SFO@swyxIMO deep research has been ~dead since o3 and interactivity was always more impt for active learning and eliciting intention thoughtless prompt -> long ass report nobody reads is inferior to read -> think -> ask -> read -> think -> ask
#1179Minh Nhat Nguyen@MENHGUIN@swyx i mean, do both?
@swyx most deep research tools will craft a metaprompt before launching (obv it needs to craft some kind of prompt). gemini is the most transparent example of this, and in that case you can often specify like 5-10 parameters which tends to improve quality by a lot IMO
swyx🛬 SFO@swyx@menhguin not quite sure it lets you but yeah sure