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Is there any research on deskilling effects? I've been fascinated to watch my own cognition as I've relied more and more on AI tools in the last month or so. I have a much shallower understanding of the things I'm doing.

23/3/25, 10:20 pm0 reposts0 likes

Stever Robbins

@steverrobbins.com

23 Mar 2025

It's definitely not an assistant; it's noticeably hijacking my own mental functioning. I ultimately get the result I want, but I don't necessarily understand that result or its context or its boundaries.

Stever Robbins

@steverrobbins.com

23 Mar 2025

At the same time, I was doing a bunch of reading on some things I wanted to understand fully, and the experience of having to understand and learn the material carefully produced MUCH deeper learning that I was able to start applying almost immediately (after the cost of about 10 hours of reading)