ICPC

When the Scaffold Stays On: AI, Practice Style, and Screening in Elite Skill Formation

arXiv:2606.06253v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative AI raises short-term productivity by completing tasks that learners would otherwise practice on their own. Whether this substitution erodes frontier skill, the skill behind top-tail non-AI-aided performance, is an open question of rising stakes. The sharper question is whether selection mechanisms can screen apart two coexisting types: substitute-users, who use AI in place of deliberate practice, and complement-users, who use it to...