AI for Students: Study Smarter Without Cheating
July 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Used well, AI is a patient tutor available at 2am. Used badly, it's an expensive way to learn nothing.
Explain, then test me
Ask for an explanation, then ask the model to quiz you without the answers visible.
Feynman practice
Explain the concept back and have the model find the gaps in your explanation.
Research tools
Elicit and Consensus surface actual papers rather than plausible-sounding summaries.
Where the line is
Submitting generated text as your own is cheating. Using it to understand a topic is not.