“The book “Better Grades Using AI” emphasizes that AI should augment your study efforts, not replace them. He emphasizes the ethical use of AI to help students.”
That is how my son, a junior in cybersecurity studies, uses it - either as a faster/more comprehensive way to get answers to things the lecture leaves him unclear about (vs. repeatedly querying the prof, although he also does that), or to explore areas beyond the scope of the lecture material about which his interest has been piqued.
He is adamant about understanding what he’s doing. In the event he’s unsure about the info AI provides, he will use other means of research to test its recommendations, so in that sense I think it enhances his skill sets. The way he uses AI actually increases the amount of time he spends on his studies but it also enhances his understanding.
I use AI to generate quizzes on material I’m reading to make sure I understand it.
I am not in school, or taking a class, but as an experiment, I asked ChatGPT to write a book, and have ten quotes, from ten sources. All of them were made up. I asked it to find sources linked to on the internet, and less than five out of 30 worked.
I've asked it questions about where neighborhoods in certain cities were, it just kept getting it wrong. I asked about Heisman Trophy winner, it got that wrong. It got really easy questions, available in lists online wrong. I am not saying it gets everything wrong, but the percentage is not good.
I could see AI useful for studying by presenting the information in easier to digest ways. Some people learn through pictures, others through reading, etc. I made it all the way through advanced calculus for engineering but the one class I absolutely hated and got the worst grades was statistics because the idiot teacher was only 1 page ahead of the class and had no idea about the hows or whys of the ambiguity of statistics. Having it explained differently would have been better.
BUT. As usual, it will just be copy and pasted in to essays and reports.