Whether AI assistance hinders development of skills needed to supervise automated tasks

Determine whether the use of AI assistance in workplace settings hinders the development of core conceptual understanding and the acquisition of skills necessary for humans to supervise automated tasks across professional domains.

Background

The paper notes that while AI assistance has delivered productivity gains across many domains, it is uncertain how such assistance affects the human skills required to oversee automated outputs. The authors position this uncertainty as central to understanding the long-term implications of AI adoption in professional workflows, especially in high-stakes contexts where human oversight is critical.