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Yep. Increases output but reduces understanding.


It doesn't have to reduce understanding. It completely depends on how you use it. See, for example, this study

https://arxiv.org/html/2601.20245v2


Published by Anthropic. It's a bit like a "study" by Coca Cola "proving" that one can lose weight by just drink their product rather than doing sport. Sure, it's not impossible, but that's definitely not the normal usage.


I agree some skepticism is warranted. However I think we need to avoid essentialist thinking about what effects AI usage will have on a person.

> that's definitely not the normal usage

The way I look at it, AI use -- proper AI use -- is something that needs to be taught / learned. It's not unlike other "computer literacy" skills. There are ways of using it more or less effectively to achieve your goals.




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