A Plain Memo
If your kid uses AI for homework, this is the one thing that matters
If your kid uses AI to get the answer, they learn less than if they had no AI at all. Use the exact same tool to work toward the answer, and they're fine. The device isn't the variable. The way it's used is.
A thousand-student randomized trial, a Harvard physics study, and a two-year longitudinal look at 26,000 students all point at the same thing: one instruction separates the kid who learns from the one who doesn't. That instruction is free, takes four words, and almost nobody is giving it.
ℹ️ AI voice disclosure: This episode uses an AI-generated voice (ElevenLabs). The host is a pseudonymous byline persona (Reid Conlin).