Indeed. Largely replaced search engines for me. One of the things it is exceptionally good at summarizing an article, analyzing it, showing arguements pro and con, and presenting its results nicely formatted, However, it does not do the research that it draws from, and sometimes it errs.
And as a teacher lamented, students mostly use AI to do their homework, and she cannot stop the practice.
Then there is the bias issue.
Yes - using it to DO the homework, that is intended to be the critical part of the learning process, is critically negative.
There are instances of AI solving long held problems. While it is ‘just’ brute force, it still achieves - it’s almost like the “infinite monkeys typing on a keyboard, ultimately producing the world’s greatest written works”. Exploring the 99.999% wrong paths only to stumble on something that works, with the ability to check its own work. While it’s ‘only’ using existing knowledge, it can create derivative work.
The education system is broken across the board. The idea of “homework” in the age of AI is the problem. I’d rather students be required to interact with an AI as a teacher, requiring them to interact with the content the entire time - like a personal tutor, able to move at a personal speed, unhindered by other students. This would eliminate the “homework done by AI” problem. We’re stuck in a model that requires sharing a teacher across 30 students, where issuing homework is the only feasible approach.