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Prof. Yanhui Wu, Professor of Economics and of Management and Strategy at HKU Business School, and his co-authors tracked 26,811 secondary school pupils over 30 months. AI lifted homework scores by 18%, yet cut exam scores by 20%.

People hope that the development of AI will make capabilities more accessible across all levels. In reality, AI is, on the one hand, making ordinary capabilities more uniform, while on the other hand raising the ceiling for exceptional capabilities. The floor of ability is being lifted, while the ceiling of ability is disappearing.