Text Shot: Embracing AI as a partner invites a broader conception of the dissertation itself. Across disciplines, the culminating work could become a more dynamic, process-oriented artifact, one that integrates experimental and intellectual iteration with AI-assisted analysis. Such a model does not diminish scholarly achievement but instead expands it, aligning doctoral education with the realities of contemporary knowledge production. The challenge for universities is to adapt expectations, mentoring practices and assessments to this new reality, ensuring that doctoral training remains meaningful and relevant. Without adapting our ideas of authorship and assessment, doctoral education risks preserving the appearance of rigor while quietly abandoning its very foundations.
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