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AI doesn't make you smarter, #2390845 in a series
2026-01-31 18:38:48.824055+01 by
Dan Lyke
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Anthropic(!): How
AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in
mastery. On a quiz that covered concepts they’d used just a few minutes before, participants
in the AI group scored 17% lower than those who coded by hand, or the equivalent of nearly
two letter grades. Using AI sped up the task slightly, but this didn’t reach the threshold
of statistical significance.
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