PISA decline predates AI, but new research suggests AI may compound it
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-08
Reacting to falling PISA scores, the author (co-author of Messy Jobs) notes the decline predates AI adoption — but AI may compound the process.
He points to a June 2026 paper by Yahui Wu with David Strömberg and Victor Lei as evidence of the AI mechanism, highlighting its key findings in the thread.
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