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When AI academic help undermines real learning

My teenager uses AI to do all their homework and gets straight A's but can't hold a basic conversation about any subject they're supposedly learning.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tool meant to support education instead substitutes for the development of genuine knowledge and capability.

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