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Generative AI Without Guardrails Can Harm Learning

Hamsa Bastani, Osbert Bastani, Alp Sungu, Haosen Ge, Özge Kabakcı, Rei Mariman

Synopsis

Field experiment with ~1,000 high schoolers; "GPT Base" hurts unassisted exam performance vs. control by 17%; guarded "GPT Tutor" essentially eliminates harm.

Keywords

·education ·GPT tutor ·high school math ·learning ·RCT

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