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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.

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  1. C1 · What counts as learnedStart here: what “learned” meansLearned means recalling it later, without looking, from matching prompts.
  2. C0 · Retrieval beats restudyThen: recall practice beats rereading laterOnce learned, recalling repeatedly with feedback beats rereading on tests days later.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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