"AI can speed up many tasks; for example, analyzing complex data. However, using AI to complete a task at work or for a hobby could lead to so-called cognitive offloading. Cognitive offloading means that someone who uses AI to do a task is not as mentally engaged in a task as someone who completes the task all by themselves. While this may not matter too much for the outcome of the task, cognitive offloading may be problematic when it comes to learning something new."
"In the study, 52 volunteers participated in two groups: a control group and a treatment group. All participants were either professional or freelance computer programmers. Both groups had to learn a complex computer programming skill and complete various computer programming tasks. The study was divided into three parts. First, both groups had to do a warm-up programming task without AI use. Then they had to program the main task. For this task, the treatment group was allowed to use AI for programming,"
AI can speed up tasks but can also enable cognitive offloading, where users are less mentally engaged when AI completes parts of a task. Cognitive offloading can undermine learning when the goal is skill acquisition. A controlled experiment with 52 professional or freelance programmers compared full-human task completion to AI-assisted completion across warm-up and main programming tasks. The treatment group used AI for the main task while the control group did not. AI use during learning led to substantially reduced long-term formation of the new programming skill. Results are preliminary and warrant further investigation.
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