Here's the real evidence I've collected on whether AI helps or hurts learning and exam scores.
A chart of a Brown economics class's midterm-vs-final scores went viral as an AI cheating scandal. My take differs from most: the midterm collapse was baked in the moment it became an easy A. The people worth discussing are the few who still gambled on the in-person final.
Read more →New studies on doctors and engineers found that relying on AI regularly leaves people noticeably worse at the task once the AI is gone. Here's how that happens, when it's worth worrying about, and a simple way to decide.
Read more →A study of 26,000 middle and high schoolers found AI-assisted homework scores went up, but exam scores dropped months later. This explains why, and how a parent can tell whether their kid actually learned anything.
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