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The skills that earn top grades are the ones AI can fake best

GPT-4o boosted student grades by nearly a full point in a Bocconi experiment. The trial with 1,053 students on a marketing assignment did not measure actual learning, and other research suggests AI-assisted work without independent thinking causes long-term harm. For developers, this underscores how easily LLMs can outperform traditional academic assessment.

The Decoder·Aug 30, 2026

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