Yes... AI helps transform learning content to make it more possible to consume in ways that are effective for learning. But it can't help you with things up Blooms hierarchy (like synthesis) and indeed using ChatGPT might harm you doing that - it prevents you feeling the severe pain of bad/inconsistent writing.
Having learned before and after ChatGPT, the workload of students has remained the same, but some can obviously be done with AI, and most students do this, or have tried it.
I believe as a result, the efficacy boost has been offset by the lower amount of time people spend studying - just like most historical studying technologies. For every 1 student who uses AI to learn, there is 2-3 who prefer just to use it to cheat. But it works brilliantly for every type of student for basic explanations, run downs of historic authors or positions, etc. But this is pretty much just wikipedia stuff re-arranged to your learning level. It's helpful, but not augmenting.
Having learned before and after ChatGPT, the workload of students has remained the same, but some can obviously be done with AI, and most students do this, or have tried it.
I believe as a result, the efficacy boost has been offset by the lower amount of time people spend studying - just like most historical studying technologies. For every 1 student who uses AI to learn, there is 2-3 who prefer just to use it to cheat. But it works brilliantly for every type of student for basic explanations, run downs of historic authors or positions, etc. But this is pretty much just wikipedia stuff re-arranged to your learning level. It's helpful, but not augmenting.