AI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent Performance

Which beliefs it touches

• C2 Answer-giving AI in practice backs it up

  Preprint. RCTs, N = 1,222: brief AI help raised assisted performance, then lowered unaided performance and persistence minutes later. Supports C2's mechanism; no delayed test, so it does not test the later-learning clause (assessed and declined as an attack in the 2026-10-06 nightly run). Abstract only.