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AI use hurts learning when it reduces mental effort, study finds

Ethan Mollick
@emollick.bsky.social

Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence. Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1 Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/ Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick

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Ethan Mollick
@emollick.bsky.social

More evidence, from a large-scale study in China, that using AI hurts learning if it undermines mental effort. When homework time drops due to AI use, so do test scores. Across studies, there is a clear theme: AI tutoring in support of classes is good, using AI to "help" with homework is bad.

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