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Lifelong Learning
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AI Is Making Us Faster Learners and Worse Thinkers at the Same Time
A 2025 RCT found students who studied with ChatGPT scored 11 points lower on a retention test six weeks later, even though their work during the sessions was higher quality. Better results, worse thinking. Here is what the cognitive science says, and how it changed my own AI habits.