Green & Red Flags: Supervisor Communications

A note about my AI comment: Using AI to support writing is perfectly appropriate, and sometimes necessary as an adaptive aid. However, there's a difference between using it to brainstorm, organize, or refine your thoughts and relying on it to do all the thinking and writing for you.

Keep your ideas, voice, and language your own. Copy-pasting AI-generated emails to potential research supervisors can come across as generic, impersonal, and inauthentic. It will likely shape how others perceive you as a potential colleague.

Researchers want to hear from YOU: your interests, curiosity, and ability to communicate. So, use AI thoughtfully if you wish, but don't let it replace your ability to think critically, create independently, and express yourself.