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SUMMARY:VOILA! Season 6 episode 1: The Generative AI Learning Penalty
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DESCRIPTION:Seminar page: https://voila-seminars.tilda.ws/tpost/s6e1-ai-le
 arning \nDate and time: 26 November 2026\, 4:00-5:30 PM CET \nSpeaker: P
 rof. David Strömberg\nAffiliation: Stockholm University\nTitle: The Gener
 ative AI Learning Penalty\nTopic: AI & Learning\nAbstract: Generative AI c
 an help people complete tasks faster and better. But does it also help the
 m learn? In education\, this distinction is crucial: the purpose of school
  assignments is not simply to produce correct answers\, but to develop kno
 wledge and skills. Using 30 months of data on 26\,000 students in Chinese 
 secondary schools\, we compare students as they begin using AI with studen
 ts who have not yet adopted it. The contrast is striking: AI users complet
 e homework much faster and earn much higher scores\, yet their performance
  on closed-book exams falls by about 20% within six months. Learning losse
 s also appear on high-stakes entrance exams\, growing over time. \n\nThe 
 losses are concentrated among students who complete homework unusually qui
 ckly while earning high scores\, a pattern consistent with outsourcing ass
 ignments to AI. Students who keep spending a normal amount of time on home
 work experience much smaller losses. These findings suggest the problem is
  not that AI is inherently harmful\, but that answer-giving tools can make
  it easy to bypass the effort that builds knowledge.\n\nSpeaker's BIO: Da
 vid Strömberg is Professor of Economics at Stockholm University and a Res
 earch Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He rece
 ived his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 1999. His researc
 h focuses on political economy\, particularly the influence of traditional
  and social media on political behavior\, public policy\, and accountabili
 ty. His work includes studies of media bias\, electoral competition\, and 
 the political effects of social media in China. He has published in leadin
 g economics journals\, including the American Economic Review\, Quarterly 
 Journal of Economics\, and Journal of Political Economy. His research has 
 been supported by prestigious grants from the European Research Council (E
 RC).\n \n 
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ORGANIZER:EFELIA Côte d'Azur
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