That’s my fear as well; l, having grown up scientifically with all the grunt work, feel somewhat safe in using AI to bypass it now; but l worry about the students and also about myself if l de-skill a little too much.
It’s like giving a calculator to a kindergartner…

April 03, 2026 - 12:19 UTC

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…and them never learning what multiplication means…and l also know for myself that using calculators all the time has made me worse at calculating in my mind…but at least l retained “the concept“ of it.
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I honestly don’t know where the boundaries for useful vs harmful are- we figured it out with the calculator (not good in K, ok in college) so hopefully we will for this too.
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