{"id":610,"date":"2026-01-13T05:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T05:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/using-generative-ai-to-learn-is-like-odysseus-untying-himself-from-the-mast\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T05:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T05:34:33","slug":"using-generative-ai-to-learn-is-like-odysseus-untying-himself-from-the-mast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/using-generative-ai-to-learn-is-like-odysseus-untying-himself-from-the-mast\/","title":{"rendered":"Using generative AI to learn is like Odysseus untying himself from the mast"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>AI can help with long-run learning if you first do the work yourself. The study evaluates tutoring program that activates AI assistance only after a user first submits a solution. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the right approach, but it seems like a good start.<\/p>\n<p>Learning is hard work. And there is now lots of evidence that people will offload it if given the chance, even if it isn\u2019t in their long-run interest. After nearly two decades of teaching, I\u2019ve realized that my classroom is more than just a place where knowledge is transmitted. It\u2019s also a community where we tie ourselves to the mast together to overcome the suffering of learning hard things.<br \/>\n\u2014 Read on <a href=\"https:\/\/forklightning.substack.com\/p\/using-generative-ai-to-learn-is-like?utm_source=post-email-title&#038;publication_id=1808592&#038;post_id=184243966&#038;utm_campaign=email-post-title&#038;isFreemail=true&#038;r=3o9&#038;triedRedirect=true&#038;utm_medium=email\">forklightning.substack.com\/p\/using-generative-ai-to-learn-is-like<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI can help with long-run learning if you first do the work yourself. The study evaluates tutoring program that activates AI assistance only after a user first submits a solution. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the right approach, but it seems like a good start. Learning is hard work. And there is now lots of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,35],"class_list":["post-610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ai","tag-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}