Parents who excel at math produce children who excel at math. This is according to a recent study that shows a distinct transfer of math skills from parent to child. The study specifically explored ...

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American classrooms are seeing a decline in reading and math scores, which is a civilizational issue as it is linked to a decline in IQ scores, and is exacerbated by the use of AI which weakens ...

Large language models can write essays, summarize legal clauses, explain ancient history, draft emails, and produce code that looks impressively official. Then you ask one to multiply two awkward ...

U.S. test scores are in a generation-long decline. Parents need to be aware of this and advocate for better learning ...

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The AI firm Anthropic has developed a technique that has given it the clearest glimpse yet at what’s really going on inside ...

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It's too early to say if AI is frying our brains — but the research so far doesn't look good.