Research · 2026-10-09

Ten minutes of working with AI can weaken persistence in hard tasks

A Berkeley study found that a short session of working with AI on math and logic problems noticeably affects a person's ability to focus and see difficult tasks through to the end.

✨ What this means

It is about a short experience with tasks, not about prolonged use. The work is peer-reviewed and presented at a conference on language modeling.

Price: not applicable (news article about research).

Sources: 🔗 UC Berkeley News