{"id":210104,"date":"2026-05-07T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/ai-is-not-meant-for-learning-its-meant-for-productivity\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T06:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:30:10","slug":"ai-is-not-meant-for-learning-its-meant-for-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/ai-is-not-meant-for-learning-its-meant-for-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"AI is not meant for learning. It&#8217;s meant for productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/opinion\/contributors\/2026\/05\/07\/artificial-intelligence-learning-education-students-technology-neuroscience\/89929084007\/\">AI is not meant for learning. It&#8217;s meant for productivity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/opinion\/contributors\/2026\/05\/07\/artificial-intelligence-learning-education-students-technology-neuroscience\/89929084007\/\">https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/opinion\/contributors\/2026\/05\/07\/artificial-intelligence-learning-education-students-technology-neuroscience\/89929084007\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-07 06:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.jsonline.com\">www.jsonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are six key points from the article summarized in an unordered list:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath argues that AI tools like ChatGPT are designed for productivity rather than learning.<br \/>\n&#8211; Research shows that reading on paper and handwriting notes lead to better comprehension and retention compared to using screens or keyboards.<br \/>\n&#8211; AI tools can &#8220;short-circuit learning&#8221; by allowing students to off-load cognitive tasks, preventing the development of critical thinking skills.<br \/>\n&#8211; The brain&#8217;s significant development in early adolescence requires strengthening neural connections through practice and productive struggle, thus prolonged, slower learning tends to be more lasting.<br \/>\n&#8211; Horvath deconstructs the myth that today&#8217;s digital-native students learn differently; over two decades of research show that attention, effort, and engagement are still crucial for knowledge encoding and retention.<br \/>\n&#8211; Practical recommendations include prioritizing reading on paper, emphasizing handwriting for note-taking, designing assignments that involve the full learning process, and being cautious about permitting students to use AI tools that allow cognitive offloading.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI is not meant for learning. It&#8217;s meant for productivity https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/opinion\/contributors\/2026\/05\/07\/artificial-intelligence-learning-education-students-technology-neuroscience\/89929084007\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-07 06:02:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/08\/PPEN\/86578423007-jbwes-program-001.jpg?crop=3996,2249,x2,y101&width=3200&height=1802&format=pjpg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210106,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210104\/revisions\/210106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}