Ten minutes of AI help can erode your motivation, study finds

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPeople who used an AI chatbot for answers were more likely to give up once it was taken away, a new study finds, and it took about ten minutes.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen minutes. I've had tea go cold slower than that.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorResearchers ran three experiments with one thousand two hundred twenty-two people, on fraction problems and reading comprehension, Live Science reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the helped group skipped problems almost twice as often as the control group once the help went away, according to The Decoder.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn the first experiment, participants could just type the word answer, question mark, and the chatbot gave them one.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne word. Two dollars sixty for the lot, and they were out of practice before the cheque cleared.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe lead author calls the lost struggle desirable difficulties, and the team says AI should give hints, the way a tutor would.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe catch is they don't know the long-term effect. You'd need to follow the same people for years.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe whole experiment ran about thirteen minutes. I'd have typed answer.