We’re seeing a lot of students, teachers, and scientists produce more, and worse, outputs because of improper AI use. It’s possible to use it better: Have it imitate a critic. Learning and creativity come from getting criticism and experiencing friction.
We found that when knowledge workers intentionally use AI to challenge their ideas – to generate friction – they can significantly improve their performance. Previous research on human-AI collaboration for loan evaluations had similar results.
A study I was not involved with found that creative writers produce better copy when they use AI as a sounding board rather than to ghostwrite.
yeah but you’re very biased about what you think
it actually is really refreshing to get a LLM to break down your arguments and ideas
cognitive friction really gets the best out of your brain even if the AI is only averagely good at disproving your ideas
thinking for yourself and using AI isn’t mutually exclusive