Use AI on your thesis without handing it your thesis.
Every week there's a new AI tool promising to write your literature review for you. Most won't. I try them on real research work and tell you which ones are worth it, which free ones are good enough, and where the AI should stop and you should take over.
| Stage | AI can | You still |
|---|---|---|
| Choosing a topic | Map what has already been studied | Pick the question worth asking |
| Searching | Surface related papers from a few seed papers | Decide what is relevant |
| Literature review | Pull methods and findings into a matrix | Spot the gap the matrix reveals |
| Methodology | Compare your design with similar studies | Justify every choice you make |
| Writing | Tighten drafts and check structure | Own the argument and the voice |
| Defence | Rehearse the questions a panel may ask | Answer them in the room |
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- AI Tools Reviews and comparisons of research tools, tested on real projects.
- Literature Review Finding, screening and synthesising papers with AI help.
- Academic Writing Drafting, editing and citing without losing your own voice.
- Research Methods Designing studies, collecting data and analysing it.
- Thesis & Dissertation Chapter by chapter, from proposal to defence.
- Publishing Choosing journals, responding to reviewers, getting cited.
Hi, I'm Ose
I'm an architect and an academic. Every year I walk a new set of students through their final-year research, and every year the questions get the same: which AI tool should I use, am I even allowed to, and is the paid version worth it? ThesisStack is where I answer them properly.
I check every tool myself, and nothing goes up here until I've read it. More about me, and how I use AI on this site.