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The skills that earn top grades are the ones AI can fake best

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GPT-4o boosted grades on a marketing assignment by nearly a full point on a five-point scale in an experiment with 1,053 Bocconi University students. Whether they actually learned anything wasn't tested. Other studies suggest that AI-assisted performance without independent thinking does long-term…

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  1. 2026-08-30 10:34 · The Decoder
    The skills that earn top grades are the ones AI can fake best

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