When AI Does the Homework, Who Does the Learning?

Economics Happy Hour Podcast · Aug 14, 2026 · 1h 6m

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of the college classroom, whether instructors are ready for it or not. We talk about how we’re using AI to save time as teachers, from writing better quiz questions to helping us prepare course materials, and how we’ve experimented with bringing it directly into class. But the bigger question is what happens when students use these tools to replace the struggle that’s supposed to lead to learning. We dig into where AI can make students stronger, where it might create shortcuts that hurt them, and how all of this is changing the way we think…