The Substitution Problem: How AI Quietly Decides Which Thinking Skills Students Practice
DrKavner · x · 2026-09-17
A Cerebratech essay argues AI assistance in education creates a "substitution problem": AI doesn't distinguish tedious tasks from formative ones, so students offload exactly the steps—outlining, argument structuring, source evaluation—that build deep competence. The issue isn't cheating but assistance that prevents cognitive muscles from ever developing, a hidden cost educators underestimate.
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