BYU Professor Launches Tool That Analyzes Whether AI Makes You Sharper or Duller
_akpiper · x · 2026-08-18
Mark Keith, Professor of Information Systems at Brigham Young University, launched aimodes.ai, a tool grounded in cognitive science and HCI research that classifies human-AI interaction into 8 observable modes across three groups: Passivity (Oracle, Production Assistant), Partnership (Tutor, Collaborative Problem-Solver), and Agency (Verification Agent, Creative Expander, Critical Challenger, Problem Setter).
Paste any ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini conversation to get your mode distribution, peer benchmarks, an archetype (Delegator, Partner, Challenger, etc.), and targeted exercises. 50 free analyses per month through December 2026, with classroom features for courses. The poster's commentary: products like this will proliferate given low dev costs — the real problem becomes selection, not creation.
The underlying research finding: everyone gains from AI use in the short run; the long run depends on how you engage.
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