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“The sharpest drop came from people who used the model for direct answers, not from those who used it more like a hint system, which suggest…
“The sharpest drop came from people who used the model for direct answers, not from those who used it more like a hint system, which suggests the real issue is not AI exposure itself but replacing eff
“The sharpest drop came from people who used the model for direct answers, not from those who used it more like a hint system, which suggests the real issue is not AI exposure itself but replacing effort with completion. The result is not that AI makes people less capable by default, but that answer outsourcing can shrink the mental effort that normally trains skill.” Even more results on the dangers of outsourcing your thinking to AI. BIG claim from new MIT + Oxford + Carnegie Mellon and other top labs paper: AI can boost performance at first and then leave people less able to think through problems on their own. Just minutes of AI help can improve scores now while weakening independent problem-solving right a…
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Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-04-17