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From encoding to AI practice
What counts as learned, how recall practice builds it, and when AI tools hollow it out.
4 stops · follow in order, or jump.
- C1 · What counts as learnedStart here: what “learned” meansLearned means recalling it later, without looking, from matching prompts.
- C0 · Retrieval beats restudyThen: recall practice beats rereading laterOnce learned, recalling repeatedly with feedback beats rereading on tests days later.
- C2 · Answer-giving AI in practiceWatch out: answer-giving AI can raise practice scores and lower later unaided learningLetting AI hand you the answers while you practice often makes you look better now and know less later.
- C18 · AI deskillingFurther: skilled work with AI may wear the skill down — not yet establishedRelying on AI at work may wear down the skill it replaces.