𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝟭,𝟮𝟮𝟮 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗚𝗣𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝟭𝟬 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗦, 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬. 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗣 3 randomized trials. researchers from Berkeley, CMU, MIT, Oxford and UCLA - 354 people solved 15 fraction problems. one group had ChatGPT open, it was taken away after problem 12 - 667 people in a bigger repeat - 201 people on an SAT reading task with AI the group did better. the moment AI was removed, their accuracy dropped almost at once and they started skipping problems the group that never had AI kept going and finished better [the part people will miss: this is not "AI makes you dumb". it is what happens when AI hands you the answer every time. you lose the habit of sitting with a hard problem] 3 ways to use AI and keep that habit: 1. ask for a hint, not the answer. "don't solve it, give me the next step only" 2. try first, then open the chat. give yourself 10 honest minutes alone 3. make it quiz you back. "ask me 3 questions to check I understood" one of the authors said AI should act more like a tutor than an answer machine use it to think, not to skip thinking