MIT report coins 'cognitive surrender': students turn to AI at first hint of struggle

paulnovosad · x · 2026-09-13

MIT released a report on how AI is affecting student learning. The author highlights its term 'cognitive surrender' — where students fall back on AI at the first hint of struggle — and argues undergraduates (and all humans) should learn to recognize and resist this pattern.

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