AI Overreliance Undermining Deep Learning and Critical Skill Development

Summary

Students increasingly use AI tools like ChatGPT to bypass the productive struggle essential for deep learning, copy-pasting answers without comprehension. This leads to grades that do not reflect actual skill acquisition, as students fail to build critical thinking, problem-solving, and retention abilities. Educators struggle to assess real learning, and AI detection tools are ineffective. This unsolved problem is causing a decline in student engagement, skill gaps, and frustration among educators who cannot compete with AI shortcuts.