A consensus in the learning research literature is that AI tutors should not simply tell people what to do, because that isn't how we learn; instead, presenting contrasting options ('take A and this would happen, or B and this would happen') gives learners information to reason about, which is far more instructive than a directive answer.

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David Autor

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what they should not do is to sit around telling us what to do, right? That's not how we learn.

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A Threat Bigger than China | MIT Economist David AutorReid Hoffman
Created: 6/18/2026, 2:32:24 PM

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