> If the student is trying to understand a concept, and uses GPT to bounce ideas around or to ask for alternate ways of thinking about something, it can be very helpful.
The article said that even using the AI this way did not improve results.
All we know is the tools that were given to the students, not how they used them, and it’s a fairly limited study on top of that, without knowing anything about how other variables were controlled. That being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if the payoff from AI learning isn’t as good as people might think, there still has to be a good process in place and I don’t think it can replace a good teacher and some quality struggle.