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> I suspect a lot of Elicit's target users want to use scientific knowledge in their personal/professional lives, but without doing the hard work of gaining scientific understanding. However, they're not going to spend money on a product that says "we use AI to create sciencey bullshit that sounds plausible in conversation." They want a product that Real Scientists would use.

It sounds kind of like toy marketing: want to sell a toy to 5 year olds? Show 7 or 8 year olds playing with it, even if they'd never actually choose the toy in real life.




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