AI, cognitive offloading, and cognitive surrender

Universities are moving from research papers to proctored in-person handwritten exams and oral exams due to widespread AI cheating. Whether AI enhances or impairs learning depends on use: intelligent application enables cognitive offloading and skill development, while indiscriminate use causes cognitive surrender. Research shows when AI provides wrong answers, users fail to catch errors, raising concerns about over-reliance on AI.

When people use AI, they don't necessarily use their critical faculties.