Comment by FloorEgg

AI does have an incredibly powerful influence on learning. It can absolutely be used as a detriment, but it can also be just as powerful of a learning tool. It all comes down to keeping the student in the zone of proximal development.

If AI is used by the student to get the task done as fast as possible the student will miss out on all the learning (too easy).

If no AI is used at all, students can get stuck for long periods of time on either due to mismatches between instructional design and the specific learning context (missing prereq) or by mistakes in instructional design.

AI has the potential to keep all learners within an ideal difficulty for optimal rate of learning so that students learn faster. We just shouldn't be using AI tools for productivity in the learning context, and we need more AI tools designed for optimizing learning ramps.