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Yes, just having students “use AI to study” hurts learning (a helpful assistant is not a tutor), but using AI prompted to act like a tutor, …
Yes, just having students “use AI to study” hurts learning (a helpful assistant is not a tutor), but using AI prompted to act like a tutor, especially with teacher support, seems to have large positiv
Yes, just having students “use AI to study” hurts learning (a helpful assistant is not a tutor), but using AI prompted to act like a tutor, especially with teacher support, seems to have large positive effects on learning in randomized trials. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6423358 Students who used AI to study remembered less than those who did not.
Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-04-29