AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: Study
Edymilson
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August 21, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
julienchastang
This article is about the Economist's summary of a journal article so we have a (AI?) summary of a summary. Not very helpful. Here are a couple of better references: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6868618 https://archive.is/w1eng Also note the findings are more nuanced than may appear on the surface.
Boss0565
We cannot be boosting AI slop like this