“It’s just so hard to get to the information you need. It takes so much time,” Felisa said.
“Everything I’ve done within Elsevier is trying to get past that and help researchers spend less time sifting through papers to find what they need. But building something truly useful is not easy.”
It’s not easy indeed. More than 100 technologists and product experts worked tirelessly for over 18 months to bring ScienceDirect AI to life. Even with the right brains at the table, one more key ingredient is needed to make something that truly makes a difference: user input.
Fuck Elsevier.
Did you read the article?
I did read this promotion for Elsevier’s AI search tool and I stand by my comment. We would be better off without the dubious paywalls of the big journals and especially without the biggest lobby voice against open access. This is just one more way they can profit from the free labour of others.
Awesome, thank you.
Sometimes I just like to see what people say. The arguably valid application for gen AI coupled with the controversy of Elsevier and an obvious promotion — it’s an interesting intersection of topics.
Agreed, Elsevier sucks. Science Direct is an okay tool.


