Chatbots may make learning feel easy — but it’s superficial

When it comes to learning something new, old-fashioned Googling might be the smarter move compared with asking ChatGPT.

Large language models, or LLMs — the artificial intelligence systems that power chatbots like ChatGPT — are increasingly being used as sources of quick answers. But in a new study, people who used a traditional search engine to look up information developed deeper knowledge than those who relied on an AI chatbot, researchers report in the October PNAS Nexus.

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