Professor worries AI supercharges students' resistance to learning
paulnovosad · x · 2026-09-13
Dartmouth professor Paul Novosad observed students' chat logs: some use 5 prompts to refine a 2-line email for every message—arguably more work than writing it themselves, but they're mentally incapable of doing otherwise. He isn't stressed about MIT/Dartmouth students with strong internal motivation; he worries about the majority of U.S. students who resist learning, now that AI supercharges that resistance.
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