cognitive development

We Are Teaching Machines While Forgetting How to Learn

Human figure fading while teaching glowing AI brain, illustrating training asymmetry where machines learn from every interaction while humans forget how to learn through struggle removal

The more we teach machines, the less we notice that humans are no longer learning. Not learning less. Forgetting how. Key findings: Training asymmetry: AI learns from every interaction. Humans learn only through struggle. When AI removes struggle, machines continue learning while humans stop. Invisible erosion: Productivity, quality, and satisfaction metrics all improve while capability We Are Teaching Machines While Forgetting How to Learn

The Last Measurable Generation: Why Children Born Today Are Humanity’s Final Control Group

Child at crossroads between human baseline and AI-assisted future, illustrating the last measurable generation before control group extinction makes human capability unmeasurable

In ten years, we lose the ability to know what humans are capable of without AI. Not hypothetically. Structurally. Permanently. I. The Child Who Will Never Know A child is born today. By age three, conversational AI answers her questions. By five, AI tutors guide her learning. By seven, AI assists every homework assignment. By The Last Measurable Generation: Why Children Born Today Are Humanity’s Final Control Group