alt Hacker NewsIf I ask my buddy for help I'm not considering that part of research or learning I consider that leaning on their potential expertise. You're not learning shit on how to build a house just because you ask your friend to build one for you.
If we're talking about research as in actually attempting to learn and get to the heart of a matter then yes. You should be cross referencing everything.
My point is if you ask your friend/LLM how to build a house and then build a house then you've learned how to build a house.
I've build a lot of "houses" recently that I wouldn't have attempted if I didn't have a friend/LLM to ask.